Its been a great week.
Im working on the flash presentation for the Project at work. Ive been going through hours and hours worth of photos via the internet and looking for a particular kind of photo with a particular kind of feeling and only find them every once in awhile. In the meantime, I get/have to look at all these photos of the tsunami and Africas poverty. Its hard and taxing to the soul. But Im learning so much. For instance, the outpouring of love and support from the entire world for the tsunami victims is wonderful. Good on us for rising to the occasion. However, for the past 12+ years, over half a million people die from AIDS in south Africa every single year. EVERY year. If you do the math that is:
One time occurrence of a tsunami = 150,000+ with many children missing one or both parents
or
Africa = over 6 million+ people with many, many, MANY children missing one or both parents.
I don’t mean to take anything away from what the world has accomplished in helping the tsunami victims.
I just want to ask, what about my global family in Africa?