world vision: ActiveRain members CAN make a difference. Will you?
- 11/20/07 05:48 AM
Earlier this week, Elizabeth Nieves, wrote a post titled "PLEASE look at this photograph before Thanksgiving", if you haven't read it please take a moment to do so as it is heart wrenching. If her photo doesn't move you to action then maybe this one will. Take a long hard look. Folks, let's make a difference this year. Below is a post I wrote earlier this year to help shed some light on the atrocities that are taking place in our World everyday. I invite everybody to post links to you favorite charities in the comment section of this post. THE REALITY (46 comments)
world vision: The reality of reality is horrifying!!
- 04/29/07 07:11 AM
Folks, if you are expecting my normal educational or humorous post you may want to skip by this one. It is neither. I'm writing this because I read something yesterday that disturbed me and I have to get it out of my head. Late yesterday I was perusing the latest Time magazine and there was an article trying to make a connection between Global warming and the conflicts in Africa. According to this writer, the Sahara desert is becoming larger due to global warming and the effects of drought. And because of this it is creating a scarcity of food and (53 comments)