Age of online-activism... a fallout of the revolution of the internet on social networking and the subsequent internet-isation of causes people believe in.
I recently found this website: www.bhookh.com that helps feel hungry children in India. It also tells me 1/3 rd of all of the worlds' hungry are in India..that 5 indians may be dying of hunger every minute.
God help us live with that knowledge. Its heart-breaking to see those children's faces. I wish there was more I could do than a click. But this organzation claims that a click can help. If it can, then my dear readers: please click on the link! and add it to your favourites toolbar. :)
It seems to strike me more because of some time I spent tutoring children at a nearby village when in M.B.A. Led by one spirited professor, we used to go every Sunday, laden with vitamin supplements and bananas. It was incredible that children with so little in their stomach could have so much energy!
How much difference does it make to have one banana every Sunday? Well, other than nutrition, it told them someone cared, somewhere...at some point, in some way. I hope they remember that. Always.
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