Think Over It

"The continuation of this suffering and loss of life contravenes the natural human instinct to help in times of disaster. Imagine the horror of the world if a major earthquake were to occur and people stood by and watched without assisting the survivors! Yet every day, the equivalent of a major earthquake killing over 30,000 young children occurs to a disturbingly muted response. They die quietly in some of the poorest villages on earth, far removed from the scrutiny and the conscience of the world. Being meek and weak in life makes these dying multitudes even more invisible in death."                                   

                                                                                                       UNICEF, Progress of Nations 2000


The above two pictures are a general scenario of what's happening in the world all over especially in developing countries. While one portion of the society dies of hunger and and PREVENTABLE diseases, another seems totally unaware of it! The UN estimates that 2.1 million children die before reaching the age of  5 every year- four every minute-mostly from preventable diseases such as diarrhoea , malaria etc. These are just the demographics of one single country. Similar situations are prevalent in many more. See the Unicef report for some facts and figures