People Without Clean Water
1,100,000,000
People Died from Diseases or Thirst Due to Lack of Clean Water
2,000,000
Honestly, this is all we need to know. Water affects everything in a person's life. There are many more water-related problems - how long it takes people to obtain water, failure rate of water systems, cost of water in slums and low income areas, ect. - but these are the ones we have to get down. Everything depends upon water. I cannot stress that enough.
We have it. People need it. Let's give it to them. Let's get out there and get these numbers down. Here we go.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
HIV/AIDS Scoreboard
Total Deaths (2007)
2,100,000
Daily Deaths
5,753
People Living With HIV/AIDS
33,200,000
People Newley Affected in 2007
2,500,000
Alright, friends. Here we go. The problem is before us. These are all numbers from 2007. This is the scoreboard. We have all the resources and passion to make this problem go away. So let's get started. And may God help us all. Let's get these numbers down.
2,100,000
Daily Deaths
5,753
People Living With HIV/AIDS
33,200,000
People Newley Affected in 2007
2,500,000
Alright, friends. Here we go. The problem is before us. These are all numbers from 2007. This is the scoreboard. We have all the resources and passion to make this problem go away. So let's get started. And may God help us all. Let's get these numbers down.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Why No Headway?
There are literally thousands of organizations that specialize in social justice issues around the world. This last week alone I have interacted with a dozen or so different organizations that work specifically with trying to end malaria. But with all of these organizations out there - I mean, it seems like every celebrity has at least one organization or foundation in their name - why isn't anything getting done?
Doesn't it make sense that the more we do, the more should be getting done?
Even with all of these organizations - nothing is getting done. Everyday you can read online about a new group that is doing this or a government that is trying to do that or a fundraiser for this type of thing or that type of thing. These things are large-scale and small-scale, and there are tons of them.
But, again, why isn't the problem going away if all of these organizations are working on it?
I believe this is because of their mindset. For example, all of these dozens of organizaitons that are fighting against malaria - they all simply want to help stop malaria. They are focused on helping in this fight rather than ending it. These groups need to have an end goal mindset.
We have the resources. We have the money and the people. We definitely have enough organizations that are doing good things. But these organizations need to change their mindset in order to start getting things done. Without changing their attitude about what they are doing, we will continue to have hundreds of organizations and problems to support them.
The end goal is to not have these problems anymore.
Doesn't it make sense that the more we do, the more should be getting done?
Even with all of these organizations - nothing is getting done. Everyday you can read online about a new group that is doing this or a government that is trying to do that or a fundraiser for this type of thing or that type of thing. These things are large-scale and small-scale, and there are tons of them.
But, again, why isn't the problem going away if all of these organizations are working on it?
I believe this is because of their mindset. For example, all of these dozens of organizaitons that are fighting against malaria - they all simply want to help stop malaria. They are focused on helping in this fight rather than ending it. These groups need to have an end goal mindset.
We have the resources. We have the money and the people. We definitely have enough organizations that are doing good things. But these organizations need to change their mindset in order to start getting things done. Without changing their attitude about what they are doing, we will continue to have hundreds of organizations and problems to support them.
The end goal is to not have these problems anymore.
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