I don't know what the solution is to poverty and human injustice around the world, but I do know that the U.S. is always criticized for being "too rich" because we have a very high standard of living. Instead of asking, "what is it that the U.S. does that is so successful to provide a high standard of living", many just want to bring America down. They will only be happy when America is a 3rd world nation. But America provides untold assistance to impoverished countries, so if we go down, so goes all of that help to other nations.
Yes, and Oxfam is a great organization for helping in natural disasters and should be commended for all of the work they do (on a daily basis and when disasters strike). My point is that, once again, America also stepped up to the plate, without having to be asked, and is also helping - both the government and private organizations and private citizens. Yet after all of the help is rendered, everyone goes back to criticizing America.
I feel like I have 1 degree of separation from the Haiti disaster because my art instructor does missionary work in Haiti and supports one of the orphanages there. He shows us all of his photos that he takes when he goes there, and he has brought some of the orphans to visit our art class, and we have met them. He had the class paint pictures from his photos and auctioned them to raise money for the orphanage. The orphanage was spared destruction, but unfortunately, one of the orphans was killed in the earthquake. He gets daily emails from the orphanage and shares these with us, they are rationing food and water and need help. Ted Turner had his private plane fly in food and water for them. A lot of people are doing whatever they can to help.
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I feel like I have 1 degree of separation from the Haiti disaster because my art instructor does missionary work in Haiti and supports one of the orphanages there. He shows us all of his photos that he takes when he goes there, and he has brought some of the orphans to visit our art class, and we have met them. He had the class paint pictures from his photos and auctioned them to raise money for the orphanage. The orphanage was spared destruction, but unfortunately, one of the orphans was killed in the earthquake. He gets daily emails from the orphanage and shares these with us, they are rationing food and water and need help. Ted Turner had his private plane fly in food and water for them. A lot of people are doing whatever they can to help.
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