We need to shed more light on these kinds of stories and situations. More must be done to help the neediest people in our own country that the government and others just want to sweep under the rug and pretend it is not happening. But we all know it is happening, and sadly things are getting worse for these people, not better. I always think about them when I read that we (the U.S.) are giving hundreds of millions in aid to this country or that country, for the cost of our elections, billions of dollars for this or that. More of our resources need to go to these people, struggling Americans, in order to break the cycle of poverty. It is not that I don’t think we should be helping others around the world, I just think our own people should be helped first. As always, I welcome your comments or ideas. Thanks for reading and for making a difference out there.
http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2013/invisible-child/#/?chapt=1
It is exciting to think that possibly hundreds of people might be able to read this article that otherwise wouldn’t. Maybe it can help in some way, if by increasing awareness of the issue if nothing else. It would be fun to go to one of these places like the Auburn House with a few thousand dollars and change their lives. With your help hopefully it can happen! If you have the time, read the article, which is very long and the first of a series. I promise I will be supplying the rest of them as well and will want to post them.
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