Non Sports Post of the Week...
I am now formally introducing the brand new "Non-Sports" post of the week. This will be a forum for me to promote some cause or complain about something not related to sports, or to write something nice about my girlfriend Rachel, who is currently doing God's work in Ghana.
Today's post, however, has nothing to say about the lovely and talented Ms. Gibson. It is instead a forum to promote the United Nations' World Food Programme, as it is spelled.
READ THIS:
MEALS OF GRASS
Teetering between survival and starvation, women in the Sudan's southern Bahr el Ghazal region are boiling leaves and grass to feed their children after raiders from hostile tribes stole their cows to feed their own desperate families. "Our husbands don't have enough energy to fight," said Aluong Mawien, 35, who trekked to a feeding centre set up by relief workers in a mud village outside town the town of Marial. "I can't feed my baby, there's no milk in my breasts." The few aid workers in the region, one of the poorest places on earth, say that unless food starts arriving soon, large numbers of people will die -- starting with the children. "Governments and private individuals have worked very hard over the last 22 years to establish some kind of peace accord -- it's happened," said Patrick Murphy, medical coordinator at a bush hospital in Marial run by Medecins Sans Frontieres. "One of the ways to support that is to make sure that the people here don't starve to death," he said, speaking in a ward where dozens of mothers and babies lay on mats, recovering after weeks of foraging for nuts and leaves in the wilderness.
This article came from Yahoo news.
I think the article speaks for itself, people are trying to eat grass to survive. If you feel compelled to try to alleviate the problem, you can donate money to the UN via this website. Every little bit helps. I only donated a mere $40, but any amount of money can buy food because it is so cheap for the essentials.
Also, you would think the UN would be a little bit more proficient and trustworthy at what they do than some of the other children-saving organizations out there. They have more resources and are probably better-equipped. And your donation is tax-deductible, if any of you actually care about such matters.
I'm out.
Mike
Today's post, however, has nothing to say about the lovely and talented Ms. Gibson. It is instead a forum to promote the United Nations' World Food Programme, as it is spelled.
READ THIS:
MEALS OF GRASS
Teetering between survival and starvation, women in the Sudan's southern Bahr el Ghazal region are boiling leaves and grass to feed their children after raiders from hostile tribes stole their cows to feed their own desperate families. "Our husbands don't have enough energy to fight," said Aluong Mawien, 35, who trekked to a feeding centre set up by relief workers in a mud village outside town the town of Marial. "I can't feed my baby, there's no milk in my breasts." The few aid workers in the region, one of the poorest places on earth, say that unless food starts arriving soon, large numbers of people will die -- starting with the children. "Governments and private individuals have worked very hard over the last 22 years to establish some kind of peace accord -- it's happened," said Patrick Murphy, medical coordinator at a bush hospital in Marial run by Medecins Sans Frontieres. "One of the ways to support that is to make sure that the people here don't starve to death," he said, speaking in a ward where dozens of mothers and babies lay on mats, recovering after weeks of foraging for nuts and leaves in the wilderness.
This article came from Yahoo news.
I think the article speaks for itself, people are trying to eat grass to survive. If you feel compelled to try to alleviate the problem, you can donate money to the UN via this website. Every little bit helps. I only donated a mere $40, but any amount of money can buy food because it is so cheap for the essentials.
Also, you would think the UN would be a little bit more proficient and trustworthy at what they do than some of the other children-saving organizations out there. They have more resources and are probably better-equipped. And your donation is tax-deductible, if any of you actually care about such matters.
I'm out.
Mike
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