Everyone's Children

Sunday, August 29, 2004

Nothing has changed. The kids are still dying at the same rate. No one is still paying any attention to them. Many people believe hunger is something that will always be with us. Or say they believe it. Not true. All that's missing is the will. If we wanted to feed children just one tenth as much as we want to conquer the world, there'd be plenty for them to eat. While we're at it send them some vaccines and medicine and some doctors. ¶ 4:07 PM

Everyone on the planet should have enough to eat, clean water, health care, and the kids all go to school. But they don't. 24,000 kids die of malnutrition and preventable diseases every day. Why is this? There is not a real reason. There's plenty of food to go around, plenty of everything. So why don't those poor kids, the ones who live in sub Saharan Africa, India, Southeast Asia, Latin America- why don't they get anything? who's stealing their food? What can anybody do about it?