I spent 27 years of my life doing what I loved to do, law enforcement. I did feel I was helping but I was never naive enough to think I was changing the world. Most of us live and die without doing that.
I've met a lot of good, caring people here on ECF. One in particular I, along with several others, thought let's do something to show our thanks. So we asked him, tell us what we can do for YOU for a change. He said thanks but if you want to help, help those that need it most.
So I started researching the help he wanted to give and the more I searched, the more I realized why he said what he did. The world is in rough shape. Wars, earthquakes, tsunamis and famine all around us. The world economy in shambles. Unless you were born wealthy, like most of us, you live from pay check to pay check.
My 27 years dealing with life and death daily left me pretty hardened to reality until I saw a photograph that changed my perspective. This photo showed a vulture sitting few yards away from a small child that was so weak he couldn't do anything but try to drag himself to a food station a few hundred yards away. The vulture was waiting for lunch too.
Did that child ask to be brought into this world? No, not anymore than the rest of us did. Ignoring the need doesn't make it go away. We can't save the world but we CAN help feed a few children. Yes money is tight but would 2 dollars keep you from eating? Or paying your light bill? We're talking the price of a cartomizer or a cheap plastic drip tip.
How would your 2 dollars get to a child that needs it? There is an organization that has shown in annual audits to put 81 cents of every dollar to direct help of children in need. It's not a religious group, it's not a political bureaucracy and it helps starving children on every populated continent. It's called ChildFund International. Check it out here: ChildFund Mobile
To prevent the possibility of abuse or improper handling, ECF rules don't allow donation funds. But it doesn't matter if the help comes in one donation or 2 dollars at a time. All that matters is that the help is given. Please consider this request. You wont be saving the world but your help can help save the world of a child who literally needs help to keep from starving to death.
Hype? Melodrama? Please, take 5 minutes of your day and see for yourself. This thread is simple. Nothing said here can change anyone's mind. What I am hoping is that there are many more like me that were not aware of just how bad this is and how much help a couple of bucks can provide.
Thanks for your time to read all this and thanks to all of you that choose to donate. The only person that will benefit from your donation other than the children in need is yourself. No matter how cold and cynical this world is, sending 2 dollars to feed starving children will benefit you more than anyone else but the kids themselves.
I've met a lot of good, caring people here on ECF. One in particular I, along with several others, thought let's do something to show our thanks. So we asked him, tell us what we can do for YOU for a change. He said thanks but if you want to help, help those that need it most.
So I started researching the help he wanted to give and the more I searched, the more I realized why he said what he did. The world is in rough shape. Wars, earthquakes, tsunamis and famine all around us. The world economy in shambles. Unless you were born wealthy, like most of us, you live from pay check to pay check.
My 27 years dealing with life and death daily left me pretty hardened to reality until I saw a photograph that changed my perspective. This photo showed a vulture sitting few yards away from a small child that was so weak he couldn't do anything but try to drag himself to a food station a few hundred yards away. The vulture was waiting for lunch too.
Did that child ask to be brought into this world? No, not anymore than the rest of us did. Ignoring the need doesn't make it go away. We can't save the world but we CAN help feed a few children. Yes money is tight but would 2 dollars keep you from eating? Or paying your light bill? We're talking the price of a cartomizer or a cheap plastic drip tip.
How would your 2 dollars get to a child that needs it? There is an organization that has shown in annual audits to put 81 cents of every dollar to direct help of children in need. It's not a religious group, it's not a political bureaucracy and it helps starving children on every populated continent. It's called ChildFund International. Check it out here: ChildFund Mobile
To prevent the possibility of abuse or improper handling, ECF rules don't allow donation funds. But it doesn't matter if the help comes in one donation or 2 dollars at a time. All that matters is that the help is given. Please consider this request. You wont be saving the world but your help can help save the world of a child who literally needs help to keep from starving to death.
Hype? Melodrama? Please, take 5 minutes of your day and see for yourself. This thread is simple. Nothing said here can change anyone's mind. What I am hoping is that there are many more like me that were not aware of just how bad this is and how much help a couple of bucks can provide.
Thanks for your time to read all this and thanks to all of you that choose to donate. The only person that will benefit from your donation other than the children in need is yourself. No matter how cold and cynical this world is, sending 2 dollars to feed starving children will benefit you more than anyone else but the kids themselves.
