Today, October 15, bloggers world wide unite on the second annual Blog Action Day to raise awareness and exchange viewpoints on poverty. The nonprofit event strongly believes in the power of the blogging community in making a difference in the world. Therefore, the major aim behind this event is to initiate interactive discussions in which bloggers share ideas, opinions and solutions regarding the global dilemma. This is my humble contribution.
Since this year’s theme is poverty, I thought pictures speak louder than words.
- 1.2 billion people live on less than U.S.$1 dollar a day.
- Over half of the world's population - 3 billion people -lives on less than U.S.$2 per day.
- Every year, 6 million children die from malnutrition before their 5th birthday.
- Over 11 million children die each year from preventable causes like malaria, diarrhea and pneumonia.
Ways to Help:
Now cynics might sneer but there are actually several ways in which you can contribute and take action against poverty. Here are some of them just to put you on the way:
- The FreeRice.com site (previous post here) is a creative way with which you can help reduce world hunger by simply playing word games.
- The Hunger Site has a similar idea. By clicking on the yellow "Click Here to Give - it's FREE" button, you help provide food to those who need it the most.
- Donate! The UN WFP , for instance, mainly depends on voluntary donations that effectively help feed deprived people worldwide. Don't be held back thinking that only big amounts of money can make a difference. You would be amazed how small donations go a long way in fighting poverty and hunger worldwide.
- Help raise the awareness, educate people, especially children, about the issue of poverty and its destructive aspects and motivate them to be part of the change.
* The first two websites are totally free.
Activism is required, change is possible.
9 comments:
Those pictures are haunting. This is a call to action.
the first one looked like its in pakistan :S
"A picture speaks a thousand words"
Those words have never been more true.
Have you read the story behind the last picture? It lead, among many things, to the photographers suicide =/
those pictures :( so heart breaking... thanks for helping the cause GC... may Allah reward you.
-Scribbler
those pictures are very sad indeed! :( I cannot believe what you have just posted about poverty!
1.2 billion people live on less than U.S.$1 dollar a day.
- Over half of the world's population - 3 billion people -lives on less than U.S.$2 per day.
- Every year, 6 million children die from malnutrition before their 5th birthday.
- Over 11 million children die each year from preventable causes like malaria, diarrhea and pneumonia.
oh my!! :( How sad!! I really am at loss with words =[
I have been on FreeRice all the time :) it really is a great site!! and it benefits me as well :) i haven't been on the other sites, but i sure will :)
Thanks for the post, Global. You have made a difference just by posting
men jed 7ram poverty z everywhere
once i visited an old place in our city with my father and we found a family consists of 10 children living with thier parents in a room with no air condition:(
Dad entered the room to give them charity and i was outside with 2 of little boys.I took out a bar of chocolate and gave it to them i swear they didn't know what it was.They smill it sometimes and other times they put it near to their ears , i was in tears that moment and i thanked Allah for the things which he gave to us
we're planing to have a campaign about poverty in my Uni for the English club. I hope the men campus would give us the permission for that and supports us
Thanx for this post it realy touched my heart
I don't like crimson. He keeps on deleting my comments :(
Always haunting...always a reminder...
ya rabbbbby!! =(
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