You might think its difficult. You might think you need to buy a ticket to South Africa to make a real difference but you don't. Almost everyone with a laptop spends at least fifteen minutes a day on their computer or on an iPad or a different mobile device. Anyone with a credit card can make a different in about ten minutes sitting on the couch.
Try these:
Walk for Water
http://www.worldwalksforwater.org/eng/
CARITAS
http://www.caritas.org.nz/
UNICEF
http://www.unicef.org.nz/
Mary's Meals
http://www.marysmeals.org/
40 Hour Famine (A fundraiser by WorldVision.)
https://www.worldvision.org.nz/Portal/famine/default.aspx
Others
Red Cross
https://www.redcross.org.nz/
Amnesty International
http://www.amnesty.org.nz/
WorldVision
http://www.worldvision.org.nz/?gclid=CMDptNnnwbcCFcZdpQodn3oARQ
Saturday, 1 June 2013
Change
This is a very moving song sung by Carrie Underwood. The lyrics described how simple it is to actually make a change in the world when we have so much and other people have so little.
What you're gonna do with the 36 cents
Sticky with coke on your floorboard
When a woman on the street is huddled in the cold
On a sidewalk bench trying to keep warm
Do you call her over, hand her the change
Ask her her story, ask her her name
Or do you tell yourself
"You're just a fool, just a fool to believe you can change the world"
"You're just a fool, just a fool to believe you can change the world"
What you're gonna do when you're watching TV
And an ad comes on, yeah, you know the kind
Flashing up pictures of a child in need
For a dime a day, you could save a life
Do you call the number, reach out a hand
Or do you change the channel, call it a scam
Do you tell yourself
"You're just a fool, just a fool to believe you can change the world"
Don't listen to them when they say
"You're just a fool, just a fool to believe you can change the world"
Oh, the smallest thing can make all the difference
Love is alive, don't listen to them when they say
"You're just a fool, just a fool to believe you can change the world"
The world's so big, it can break your heart
And you just want to help, not sure where to start
So you close your eyes
And send up a prayer into the dark
"You're just a fool, just a fool to believe you can change the world"
Don't listen to them when they say
"You're just a fool, just a fool to believe you can change the world"
Oh, the smallest thing can make all the difference
Love is alive, don't listen to them when they say
"You're just a fool, just a fool to believe you can change the world."
All rights to Carrie Underwood
Change
Sticky with coke on your floorboard
When a woman on the street is huddled in the cold
On a sidewalk bench trying to keep warm
Do you call her over, hand her the change
Ask her her story, ask her her name
Or do you tell yourself
"You're just a fool, just a fool to believe you can change the world"
"You're just a fool, just a fool to believe you can change the world"
What you're gonna do when you're watching TV
And an ad comes on, yeah, you know the kind
Flashing up pictures of a child in need
For a dime a day, you could save a life
Do you call the number, reach out a hand
Or do you change the channel, call it a scam
Do you tell yourself
"You're just a fool, just a fool to believe you can change the world"
Don't listen to them when they say
"You're just a fool, just a fool to believe you can change the world"
Oh, the smallest thing can make all the difference
Love is alive, don't listen to them when they say
"You're just a fool, just a fool to believe you can change the world"
The world's so big, it can break your heart
And you just want to help, not sure where to start
So you close your eyes
And send up a prayer into the dark
"You're just a fool, just a fool to believe you can change the world"
Don't listen to them when they say
"You're just a fool, just a fool to believe you can change the world"
Oh, the smallest thing can make all the difference
Love is alive, don't listen to them when they say
"You're just a fool, just a fool to believe you can change the world."
All rights to Carrie Underwood
FEED THE WORLD
925 million people are hungry
Everyday 16,000 children die from hunger related causes. That's one child every 5 seconds
There were 1.4 billion people in extreme poverty in 2005. With rising populations we can only expect that this number has grown with the population.
In 2009, nearly 9 million children before their fifth birthday. One third of these deaths were directly related to hunger or malnutrition.
Around the world, 178 million children under five are stunted with low heights for their age group. Of all stunted children, 90% live in just 36 countries most of them in sub-Saharan Africa and South and Central Asia.
US Development Assistance accounts for only 0.2% of National Gross Income.
Everyday 16,000 children die from hunger related causes. That's one child every 5 seconds
There were 1.4 billion people in extreme poverty in 2005. With rising populations we can only expect that this number has grown with the population.
In 2009, nearly 9 million children before their fifth birthday. One third of these deaths were directly related to hunger or malnutrition.
Around the world, 178 million children under five are stunted with low heights for their age group. Of all stunted children, 90% live in just 36 countries most of them in sub-Saharan Africa and South and Central Asia.
US Development Assistance accounts for only 0.2% of National Gross Income.
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