Before you read on, you need to sit down and watch this documentary: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9176914173325307126
It is beyond belief and beyond words.
The documentary is about a social care home in Mogilino, Bulgaria where 75 unwanted children are growing up. Most of the children can not talk because no one has ever spoken to them. Some are abused by the staff but are unable to report it as they cannot speak.
The children are severely malnourished and several die every year due to neglect. Some are the same age as me but look much younger as they are wasting away (the girl in the picture is 18). They are locked away at night with only one member of staff to care for all 75 and most never get to go outside. With nothing to do all day, they simply sit and rock backwards and forwards - a typical human response to lack of stimulation. In the mornings they are herded to the showers naked and not even given towels to dry themselves. The younger children sit on potties for most of the day, just rocking.
What is deeply shocking is that this is not the only home like this - in Bulgaria, 1 in 50 children grows up in an institution such as this one. They are abandoned and disowned by their parents due to disabilities such as mild autism, blindness or 'mental retardation'. All these children really want is someone to love and care for them.
To learn more, visit www.abandonedchildren.org.uk.
To make an emergency UNICEF donation, go to http://www.unicef.org.uk/emergency/emergency_detail.asp?emergency=41.
Help save Bulgaria's abandonded children.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
ONE.org - The Campaign to Make Poverty History
ONE is one of the most widespread and active campaigns to stop poverty, prevent AIDS and put an end to world hunger.
From the ONE.org website:
"ONE is Americans of all beliefs and every walk of life - united as ONE - to help make poverty history. We are a campaign of over 2.4 million people and growing from all 50 states and over 100 of America's most well-known and respected non-profit, advocacy and humanitarian organizations. As ONE, we are raising public awareness about the issues of global poverty, hunger, disease and efforts to fight such problems in the world's poorest countries. As ONE, we are asking our leaders to do more to fight the emergency of global AIDS and extreme poverty. ONE believes that allocating more of the U.S. budget toward providing basic needs like health, education, clean water and food would transform the futures and hopes of an entire generation in the world's poorest countries."
To help contribute to the cause, you can purchase wear a wrist band/t-shirt, become a volunteer, spread the word or visit an event. Visit the website for more information on how to become ONE.
From the ONE.org website:
"ONE is Americans of all beliefs and every walk of life - united as ONE - to help make poverty history. We are a campaign of over 2.4 million people and growing from all 50 states and over 100 of America's most well-known and respected non-profit, advocacy and humanitarian organizations. As ONE, we are raising public awareness about the issues of global poverty, hunger, disease and efforts to fight such problems in the world's poorest countries. As ONE, we are asking our leaders to do more to fight the emergency of global AIDS and extreme poverty. ONE believes that allocating more of the U.S. budget toward providing basic needs like health, education, clean water and food would transform the futures and hopes of an entire generation in the world's poorest countries."
To help contribute to the cause, you can purchase wear a wrist band/t-shirt, become a volunteer, spread the word or visit an event. Visit the website for more information on how to become ONE.
Daily Tip #3 - Click to Stop Hunger
How easy would it be if we could help stop world hunger with a daily click of the mouse? Now you can. At http://www.thehungersite.com/ a simple, daily click of the yellow "Click Here to Give - it's FREE" button, visitors help provide food to those in need. Visitors pay nothing. Food is paid for by the site's sponsors and distributed by Mercy Corps worldwide and by America's Second Harvest to food banks throughout the United States.
All you have to do is click. Today, tomorrow and the day after.
All you have to do is click. Today, tomorrow and the day after.
Skin Products That Save Lives
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Beyond NuSkin's commitment to advanced products and industry knowledge, Nu Skin is committed to making the world a better place for children through our Nu Skin Force for Good Foundation. The foundation's mission is "to provide a better world for children by improving human life, continuing indigenous cultures, and protecting fragile environments."
Give it a try.
Beyond NuSkin's commitment to advanced products and industry knowledge, Nu Skin is committed to making the world a better place for children through our Nu Skin Force for Good Foundation. The foundation's mission is "to provide a better world for children by improving human life, continuing indigenous cultures, and protecting fragile environments."
Give it a try.
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