"Why is it that a child's death amounts to a tragedy, but the death of millions is merely a statistic?"
-Patrick McDonald
I have a friend.
This friend is 12 years old.
She loves to playing catch, keep away, and jumping rope.
She has 12 brothers and sisters.
She lives in a small town with her mother and siblings.
She has a warm heart and a sweet smile.
Did I mention that her family is too poor for her to go to school?
Did I mention that her mother breaks up rocks to sell them for money for food?
Did I mention that Sabina is constantly hungry?
Did I mention that Sabina is not a number?
Many times I think that it is overwhelming for us to handle the numbers and statistics that are thrown at us. So many people around the world are affected by poverty. So many PEOPLE around the world are affected by poverty. They are not a number, they are not a statistic, they are a face, they are a life. If we continue to put a deaf ear and a blind eye to those in poverty and see them as an annoyance or a statistic we put our human moral responsibility on the back burner.
"Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen and ask yourself if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him. Will he gain anything by it? Will it restore him to a control over his own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to self-reliance for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? Then you will find your doubts and your self melting away. "
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Mahatma Gandhi
To continue to put a face to the number, check out these websites.
http://www.poverty.com/
http://www.poverty.com/
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