itd not really about that you are the only one concerned about it, you are the only one taking the initiation to get people 'aware' of the fact what is happening in certain places certain parts of the world.

but really you posting it on this site, using money for internet electricity and sitting in your home wasteing time on this. does not really help the cause either my friend.

if you wanna do somethign about poverty sell all your items and move to the third world and live there to make a change, sending money and food and complaining that others are 'shut-eyed' about the fact is pretty hypocritical.
its like having an unfinished plate of food and arguing that eating it is better than throwing it since people half around the world are starving!

you wanna help, you gotta be there in their form, live their life dont belive what they say on the news its all rigged so everyone looks better than the other they are accusing. there is so much more out there than what meets the eye!

i recon it all comes from self intrests and greed throughout history!
if the aspect MONEY would havve been cancelled formt his world than the word poverty would totally change!
im waiting for the day the world turns on itself and we all have to start from scratch agian with no electricty and computers that is when the ipoverized people will survive and the rich and spoilled will no longer know how to continue thier so long defined life in perfection!

You can kinda say that IN A WAY the aspect of money HAS been cancelled in some places. A little thing called communism ring a bell? That doesn't work so well for most people, does it?

exactly - it dont!
but then communisim is again a form of politics (lies) to power the system for the leaders self intrest....
what ahppened to living in harmony in liek a village..people over in the amazon dont fight they have their social structure that works well..thats more of teh 'no money' aspect i was thinking of!

every little bit helps

whether giving something to starving people in your neighborhood , your home, your country or around the world


lets not start demonizing and ranking 'giving'

and especially this season, let us just think about 'giving' to others (wherever those others might live)

I usually do more at Christmas in terms of the poor than I did this year. I got socked with some pretty big medical bills just before the holiday.

I did put money a few times in the Salvation Army bucket and I donated some money for a family whose house burned down just before Christmas.

Usually I do giving tree and buy for children that way and/or Toys For Tots, Coats For Kids. I usually do at least one of those, so hopefully next year.

I used to contribute considerably to St Jude's Children's Hospital which is not poverty related but a good cause anyway. Did that plus various church charity things for many years

Now that is more of the kind of aid i have in mind, as for me when i hear the word help, i need to feel it, i need to strive myself adn do that little extra, so that the ones who dont have it can get a feel of decency at some point in their life...

I am not saying this is wrong as one has to promote the issues and get as many people self aware...

the way i personally contribute to the struggle agaisnt poverty, is to send money to a trusted contact person in the area, and depending on their travels they make de-tours to supply bags of clothes, flour, rice...
I and my family pay for tuission fees, from 7th-12th grade for the most sucessfull scholar in the family, build new houses for them, pay certain courses which beneft their skills, location and purpose... these are things that will last with them, they will have to do their part, it will not be taken for grantage and nobody can take their education or skills away from them...!

but everyone has their own way of helping the poor, as long as one gives help to the needed, indeed it should be seen as a positive action with a greatful and positive reaction!

on the contrary, i do only help people who are stationed in the third world, if i see a so called begger in my residing country, i feel like im about to get tricked, as i knwo you need so much and you can get so much more if you are helpless here...so its all about your mindset aand which sector you choose to help really!

@pyxxie:
You do know that some of these kids are as an afterproduct of rape?? And i dont remember any rapists pausing to wear a condom.... And,quite a rarity for marrieds to wear condoms too. JMO

Btw,
Like for instance,in my country; We DO have enough-of natural resources,of fertile soil,of all that we'd need to take care of our populace,BUT,only if our leaders werent so greedy and corrupt!

Now,even a social service is quite a luxury!!

*sigh*

Sux

it can be viscereal klc, there is a gut reaction to reject what we fear we could become. I do think we need to never stop caring, but we also need to ask the governments of those nations to allow us to assist them in learning how to distribute and create their wealth and feed their own people. We need some time to take care of things "at home" in the US. Still I think Americans largely involved in efforts like the Peace Corps have made a difference.

No need for any of us to do that, and your post begs the questions, Are you doing what you advise, and what are you doing on here wasting time for then?

3rd world countries need to stop coming here and learn to take care of themselves and stop relying on the west while stabbing us in the back with Int'l terrorism

honestly, as you can probably tell by my previous post, I do not advocate 3rd world giving but local charity, TBH

America has its own poverty to deal with, why would it require moving to another country to do something about poverty?

why should you care, you're from another planet anyway...

in a land of poverty, at least the population is accustomed to the conditions. I work in retail and hope I NEVER have to guard my food against the aggressive, thoughtless, rude consumers I watch every day.

I give it makes me feel good.I grew up in poverty, but not like those poor children so and I thank God for it because I'm so greatfull for everything .Its a shame any child in any country has to live like that.

No.

Kind of funny, these questions make me feel like I'm being interrogated...They come off as though they are already pointing me out as guilty.

People are kind at heart, christians or not(other religion). We have these instinct to reach out to people but sometimes what we give i not really enough for them. We are to teach them how to fish. Instead of giving something to them that they might be used to it. Yes, its pitiful to see them on that state esp those children who are been used by their parents to beg on the streets. Not everyday you can reach out to them esp when they are too many. (if theres another response that same as mine, sorry. I didnt read the previous comments. I just go directly to reply)

COMPASSION Love it!!!Its my favorite word!
COMPASSION PASS IT ON! LIVE IT!
Thank you for reminding me......

It is Freedom that the Have-Nots Have Not!

The more coercive Governments get,the richer and more indulgent the Swine get,and the poorer the People will get!