Why don’t people donate more?
The statistic that surprised me the most was the bullet that said “that almost 11 million kids die before their fifth b-day. That’s 30 thousand a day”. That one surprised me the most because if you think about it that’s almost the population of Ontario a day!
My initial reaction to the stories was very shocking because kids all around the world suffer from starvation, no water, diseases and many more things and we don’t even do anything about it. While they are over there struggling to survive we are over here struggling to figure out to turn on the TV. I don’t have any comments about the stories other than it is very hard to believe.
Reading the statistics have changed the way I think of poverty because in Canada alone 41% of all food bank clients are under the age of 18, and world wide 600 million of the worlds children live in total poverty and 800 million people go to bed hungry every night! But the fact that tops it all is quote “According to the Worldwatch Institute the annual expenditure of pet food in Europe and the United States is 17 billion dollars. With an annual investment of 19 billion dollars, we can elimitate global hunger and malnutrition” that really effects me because with the money that we spend on our stupid animal pets we could save over 500 million people a day!
That’s my opinion of poverty so do me a favour try to donate more to food banks and supports children in different places.
i liked it and i thought your commparison of the tv and survival was very clever
ReplyDeleteMike Jones, I agree with Houdini your comparison of others struggle with survival to our struggle with TV is very effective. You have incorporated the statistics and stories into your reflection well but make sure your whole post isn't all about re-telling facts - you have some good insights, try and make those more of the focus. Good first post.
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