We see and hear the stories, now its time to TAKE ACTION!

“I come from the Marcy projects, in Brooklyn which is considered a tough place to grow up, but visiting Africa showed me how good we have it. The rappers who say, ‘were from the hood,’ take it from me, your not from the hood.” – JAY-Z

“If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with action and in truth.” 1 John 3:17-18           

Journal entry: 07-10-10 

We have eyes to see injustice. We have ears to hear the stories and the cries of children. But we try to ignore it so we don’t feel guilty for not helping. So we can continue having our starbucks coffee every morning, or give up something, something that is a pleasure for us, not even a necessity. Something like a new shirt, picture, or piece of furniture that we would live without. And we don’t understand that choosing to give that up and help a child WILL save that childs life. We turn our back on the poor because we don’t want to disrupt our lives. We feel like we deserve these pleasures because we work hard for it. But these people, these children, work 5 times harder, at younger ages and don’t even receive what is needed for them to survive.