Chelsey Monks
Recently I've been working with Mr. Mallon and a couple of classmates to begin a fundraiser that would help build a school in Sierra Leone. This is a country in West Africa with the highest death/crime rate from a group called the rebels and where the average life span is 38 for men and 41 for women.
Only one out of every five children lives in this country and parents don't name their children until their first birthday so they don't get attached to their kids and wont we as emotionally distraught if there kids die, which happens more likely than not. This fundraiser will be called "A Nickel a Day" and will start in September.
I was talking to my mom yesterday about how I will be helping in this fundraiser.
She said to me, "Okay, well what about the hungry children in Arkansas?"
Honestly I think she should shut her mouth, I'm doing something to help others which is way more than what she can say for not helping anyone, not even the hungry children in Arkansas that she claims are more important than those who are suffering from genocide in parts ofAfrica.
Our generation is one that needs to make change. Thinking about global warming, the amount of murders, hungry and homeless is rising, if our generation doesn't change anything, than who will?
We have come so far as a society from slavery to building a whole country, now we can only make it better, fighting ice ages and bring peace to other third world countries, and also taking care of our own country are all things that we need to do.
The more people taking part in these things, the more we will get done, all in all if you aren't doing anything to help stand your ground and support your opinion, then don't judge those who are.
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Do you actually want to tell your mother to shut her mouth? That's a bit dismissive, don't you think? Even if you don't agree with her, maybe you should address the the point, not the pointmaker.
You still haven't addressed the point. What about the starving children only 500 miles away? Why do you feel the need to send aid 5000 miles away and across the ocean? I'm not saying it is right or wrong, but you should answer the question.
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