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'A Starving Child In Africa Would Eat That'

Posted on 11/11/11 by User_image_bgdstone

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Everyday, I bring a cooler-full of food to school. I eat it completely. But only recently have I realized how lucky I am to have that. I eat what could feed a whole family, by myself for lunch. I realize this, and yes, I donate to Heifer International and various other charities fighting hunger in less developed country every year, but I feel many people don't realize it. I feel like many people think it is our right to eat a ton of food every day, but it isn't our right, it is a gift. Now, I don't feel that every remaining crumb deserves the arguement that 'a starving child in Africa would eat that', because, let's be honest, I don't plan on flying the crust of my grilled cheese sandwhich to Mali. But there is some reasoning behind the fact that we can buy enough food to feed 1.5 times as many people as we actually need, but many of us fail to donate the small amount of money necessary for food to get out to all those 'starving african children.' I think that we need to find a way to get our money out to all the people who cannot afford to eat, if they are from Indonesia, or from our own country. We can solve this problem by helping spread the word, and help fund the groups that get food out to those people.

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  • Austin Bentley

    on 11/11/11, by Austin Bentley:

    I think you did a very good job in displaying the amount of food us as Americans consume in a meal in comparison to a WHOLE family in a third world country. With that said, I also think you could improve on this just a little bit by adding some hard facts or quotes to back up your arguments. Other than that, I think you did a very good job at getting your point across.

  • on 11/15/11, by sohafrica:

    You are very correct. Some of us are very privileged to have plenty of food on our tables while their are some of us that can't afford one meal a day. Reminds me of a song we used to sing when I was still a child. The song goes like this, "Some have food but cannot eat, Some can eat but have no food, I have food and I can eat, glory be to God on high." I want to encourage us to get our support out to organizations that have direct access to the less privileged children. All you have to do is to find an organization that you can trust and support them with whatever it takes that will provide food for a less privileged child. Just like the originator of this post said "I don't plan on flying the crust of my grilled cheese sandwich to Mali," but can support an organization going out to Mali with the resources that can get a grilled cheese sandwich to Mali. Our organization is currently having a "Help Eradicate Hunger Drive" that started in September and will last through December 3rd. This drive is geared towards providing food for the less privileged children in Africa. This month also, is our Help Eradicate Hunger Awareness Month. We are doing all we can to spread the word to the world so they can come to the aid of the less privileged children. Spread the word today. For more updates on what we are doing, you can visit us on line @ www.sohafrica.org, our blog at www.sohafrica.blogspot.com. You can also follow us on twitter @soh_4_children. We are also on Facebook as Showers of Hope for Children.Thanks for being patient enough to get to this point. Now that you are here, simply text "givehope" to 69302 to give hope to a less privileged child. Let us get the word out today. The "givehope" campaign will be ending on the 3rd of December 2011.

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