Can You Help Make A Difference?
Hello, my name is Jessica, I’m a grade 10 student, and I’m sick and tired of seeing commercials of children dying in third world countries because of something that can easily be avoided. These kids don’t deserve to be starving all the time, and always sick because of unclean water, and unsanitary houses. If we go outside here in Canada, or the United States, what do we see? We see roads, nice houses, children playing with their friends. What do we see when we look in the mirror? We see our expensive jewelry. We see our new $100 jacket. We see our fancy shoes, and our fancy clothing. We see the rooms we sleep in, go to the bathroom in, and eat in.
Everywhere around us, we see something we spent a lot of money on, but when we see someone with less than us, and we don’t care. We see homeless people on the street, and we look the other way. And when we see commercials on TV, asking us to give just $30 a month to help give a child a home, some food, and some clothing, and what do we do? We change the channel. We don’t care about the people who have less than us. I know some of us see the commercial, and we care. We want those kids to have everything we give our own kids, but it’s too much of a hassle.
Every day we go out, and we buy something. Maybe it’s a coffee, maybe it’s a chocolate bar. It could be a new shirt, or a whole outfit. It might even be a new TV, or a car! So I’m asking this; on Friday, Feb. 20th, I want you not to spend any money on anything you don’t absolutely need. Don’t go out to the mall, don’t stop into Starbuck’s or McDonald’s, or Tim Horton’s.
By doing this, we can raise awareness of people who have less than us, whether it be the children and families in third world countries, or the homeless people on the streets of our own cities.
I’d like you to send this message to as many people as you can. Sending this to ten, five, or even two people each would make a world of a difference. If I send this to ten people, and those ten people send it to ten people, and each of those people send it to ten people, that would be a thousand people! Don’t think you can’t make a difference!
If you have any questions, comments, or complaints, feel free to email me at yuna_818181@yahoo.ca
Lift the ban on DDT. Millions would be saved.
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if your tired of it like i am turn your tv off and then we shuld help speed up the genocides in africa
Jessica, your heart is in the right place, but your logic is being over-ridden by empathy. The problem facing those poor children in 3rd world countries is the absolute chaos engendered by their governments. Try examining the governments of those places, and you’ll usually find dictators, communists, or a centuries-old Aristocracy. What you are experiencing is common among children, because you’ve never worked for your existence. Do you think your parents are not working for the money you spend on coffee, or shirts, or McD’s? They are earning those things you are for some reason ashamed of.
Why can’t the parents in the 3rd world earn that same life? Not because white people are mean…it’s because the governments in those countries are unstable. A stable government fosters business investment, even if the country has no ‘natural resource.’ McDonald’s are everywhere, and they’d be in that African village, too, if not for the AK-wielding gunmen killing villagers.
The “Save a Kid” foundations have been around for years, and the US averages over $5 Billion in donations every year. People do care, but until they care enough to revolt against the criminal overlords all the money in the world won’t make a difference to them.
Also, look at Oprah, or Bill Gates. They are spending THEIR OWN money, that they EARNED by being brilliant at business.