Think About this

We can end extreme poverty in 20 years

~Angelina Jolie~

I was sleuthing on youtube when i stumbled upon this video diary of Angelina Jolie's trip to kenya with poverty expert Dr. Jeffrey Sachs. (YOUTUBE VIDEO) It is heartbreaking to see such extreme poverty but i never thought that a simple $7 mosquito net have radically reduced the incidence of malaria cases in one of the vilages there. It is really an innovative technique to lace the nets with insecticide that prevents the disease from spreadin but safe enough for people to use it for 5 years. There was also this farm where crops are as malnourished as the farmers but when they taught them proper farm technique, Their production went from 2-6 bags to 40-60 per harvest. (they only needed fertilizer to achieve it, calling on Jocjoc! we need your help!)

For most people. "that is a bad and sad story but what can i do? im just a simple person with problems of my own" but imagine this, We are a population of millions and if all of us think that way, we really wouldnt get anything done, but if all of us think the other way, we are a very powerful force. I remembered this campaign by ONE.ORG.

*For mareng Geisha> i know you cant open youtube, hehehe* The ad basically says that people are dying every minute or every minute another person gets infected with Aids or malaria or TB but there is still hope as more and more people gets informed about this and how they can help. The most compelling thing about this ad for someone as frugal and poor like me "We're not asking for your money. We're asking for you voice"

I am part of this campaign for years now and i tell you that they only send emails to me when there are special issues that they need signatures for so they can send it to UN or G8 or to those who can actually do something about it. So it really wouldnt hurt to sign up here! and i noticed that tags on blog are so effective so please, try to spread this campaign and ask everyone to sign-up.