I am a compassionate person. I will bend over backwards to help those truly in need. I have even been known to jump on a plane and travel to another country to help people.
Yes, I have been criticized... why offer aid and assistance elsewhere, when there is so much need at home...
The other day I noticed an advertisement. A $1.00 donation can feed four (4) children for a day. Now on the surface, this seems a minimal investment. So for just $0.25 per child, I could help in the effort to wipe out hunger. Yet the math didn't add up...
My $3.00 donation can feed two (2) children for a week. Based on the $0.25 above, $0.50 for two children, times seven days... that's $3.50! And a $5.00 donation can feed a single child for a month. Again, $0.25 times thirty days... that's $7.50. However, the thing that really blew this up, was the $10.00 donation to feed an entire classroom for a day!
Do the math. And while you are at it, think about the "administrative" costs that most charities 'incur' while providing aid...
$0.083, on average, for a meal...
If an organization can provide this type of relief, at this level, and at this cost... then not one person, out of the billions alive today, should ever be hungry!
I step down.
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