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By now I expect that most of you know of the devastating Haitian earthquake, seen the pictures and reports of the survivors that now need to battle hunger and thirst. No need to update you on that.
You are probably left with the daunting question of “Why it happened to them and not us?” and feel the urge of somehow helping out in some way or another. Without going into deep thinking, can it be that those of us with resources are spared so that in situations like these we can share and help those in need? Just a thought…

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It is still unbelievable that while some fortunate geographical regions lavish in food abundance (me included), other parts of the world still struggle with day to day survival.

World hunger can be easily considered a modern day plague and definitely a dark chapter of our human civilization. There are over 500 million people all over the world living in complete poverty, and something even more dramatic that over 15 million children die of starvation very year!

I believe there is strength in numbers. That’s why I joined Bloggers Unite For Hunger and Hope and Heifer International that put together an event to raise awareness and call an end to world hunger, on April 29, by writing a post on this subject.

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