Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Obscene


If you are a regular visitor of my website, you already know I tend to have a bit of a bleeding heart when it comes to animals and I am an activist of various causes. I can't help it, I'm a Vermonter! If you were to look up the meaning of a Northeast Liberal, you would find my picture there, right next to Sen. Bernie Sanders and Alec Baldwin... :) OMG! Alec...Love him!!!

I follow and provide links to many organizations and blogs involving different causes on my website. Some of my favorites are The Humane Society, IFWA.org, The Animal Rescue Site, ASPCA, One.org, MiaFarrow.org, DoSomething.org, CARE2, National MS Society, etc. 

When going through my email, I noticed that I had received a media mass email from co-founder of One.org, Bono and thought I would share it with you in case you would like to become more involved...one of my favorites things about this campaign is its bipartisanship...this is not a liberal or a democrat problem...it's an everyone problem...


Dear Terri,
I've been known to drop the occasional expletive, but the most offensive F word to me is not the one that goes f***.  It's F***** - the famine happening in the Horn of Africa, mainly Somalia.

I hope you'll take a few minutes to watch ONE's new video "The F Word: Famine is the Real Obscenity" and in doing so sign the petition:
Watch and sign the petition
Dear Members of Congress,
The famine in Somalia has killed 30,000 children in 3 months. In 2011 we have the opportunity to make famine a thing of the past. Lives are in your hands. Please fully fund Feed the Future and help break the cycle of famine for good.
The reasons for the famine in the Horn of Africa are complex and solutions are difficult, especially in Somalia, but we can’t lose sight of some simple facts:

1. 30,000 children have died in just 3 months.  Thirty thousand.  With over 12 million people at risk.

2. Famine is not a natural catastrophe – drought doesn't have to lead to famine.  It can be prevented, as we have seen in much of Kenya andEthiopia.

In the 21st century, it's an obscenity that people are dying because they can't get enough food to eat.  Every one of those 30,000 children is part of a family – a son, a daughter, sister or brother.  We can't imagine what it must be like to starve to death, but most of us know what it's like to lose someone we love.

Please watch the film and make use of the voice you have -- sign the petition.  It will make a difference in putting pressure on world leaders to do more to help those in need right now, and live up to promises already made to invest in the things proven to work – early warning systems...irrigation...drought resistant seeds… and of course, peace and security.

Thanks for reading.

Bono

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for the information. Our family is active with our local Animal Shelter. We actually foster a ton of animals a year. I also do the art for the shelter, and the fiance and kids volunteer. If everyone cared like you do, the world would be a better place.

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