Blog Action Day 2008!

What a smart idea! Bloggers of the world can unite to write on one specific topic on a specified day of the year. This year, POVERTY.

There are many things that create physical and emotional borders between everyone in this world, like languages, cultures, or oceans. However, I believe there are even stronger things that unite us. Whether those things are positives or negatives, they should remind us that we are all human, with the same essential needs and struggles. As ironic as it sounds, instead of the thought of harmony or peace bringing us together, how about we let poverty bring us together? The global fight against poverty.

Did you know that half the world – nearly three billion people – live on less than two dollars a day?

Or that over nine million people, of which five million are children, die worldwide each year because of hunger and malnutrition?

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To find out more about what you can do to make a difference, there are several programs out there that are looking for your help, such as NetAid or DoSomething.org. Or, hey, join me in participating in Blog Action Day 2008!

I support blog action day because I feel that the most important thing that a person can do is help create awareness of a problem. So, bloggers of the world, crash those servers with a message worthwhile!