"there is enough on earth for everybody's need, but not for everyone's greed."
-Mahatma Gandhi

         Did you know that 29,000 children die everyday from preventable diseases such as malnutrition, malaria, diarrhea, and acute respiratory infections? and that  Malnutrition is associated with over half of those deaths?
or that in developing countries, one child in 10 dies before his fifth birthday? By comparison, in the U.S. one child in 165 will die before turning five years old.
        -In the last 50 years, 400 million people worldwide have died from hunger and poor sanitation. That's three times the number of people killed in all wars fought in the entire 20th century.
        -The wealthiest fifth of the world's people consume an astonishing 86 percent of all goods and services, while the poorest fifth consume 1 percent. 
        - Of the 6.39 billion people in today's world, 1.2 billion live on less than $1 per day. 

Which is the reason for..the 30 Hour Famine- through World Vision. [ www.30hourfamine.org ]

My youth group, along with Ken Kim's church youth group will be participating in this event to raise money for the cause. to save the lives of children. The money raised in this event will go to help nearly 100 countries worldwide, but mainly to:

 Kenya, because of the Severe famine

Anyways, I am writing this, to inform and to ask for your help!
Me, along with the 2 youth groups will not be eatin for 30 hours, to see what it is like to not have food to eat, and to open our eyes to how lucky we are, how blessed we are to have been born here. 

$30 will provide for a child's needs for a month..they live on $1 a day!!
So if you are willing, to donate even a dollar, it'll make a difference. So please help! help! donate! contact me

sorry so long, but one more thing.....

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I duno if you guys knew..but
Ten years ago, more than 1.8 million Ugandans were forced from their homes  to overcrowded camps which now face desperate conditions. There is lack of food and water, alcoholism, sexual abuse, HIV/AIDS, inadequate sanitation and lack of education.

Displace Me

Displace Me is the nationwide event giving Americans the chance to respond. It begins on April 28th around noon and will end the morning of the 29th. This overnight gathering will send a bold statement to the US government that Americans care about ending the suffering of millions living in Uganda's displaced camps. We are demanding our government's support of the peace talks, which will allow the Acholi people to go back to their land and the abducted children to be returned home.

SO. www.invisiblechildren.com/themovement/displaceme
register--just name n address/#
and join me!

"I am only one, but I am still one.  I cannot do everything, but I can do something."
-Hellen Keller

[info. & facts from worldvision.org & invisiblechildren.com]