Almost everyday I receive a report about Bill Gates generosity and the philanthropist actions of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Bill Gates generosity demonstrates what happens when a common person works hard and intelligently to gain wealth, status, and power, rather than just inherit it. Strong intelligent people like Bill Gates threaten the non-meritocratic […]
Monthly Archives: September 2006
9/11: A Lesson Learned?
by Scott Hughes Today marked the fifth anniversary of the tragic 9/11 attacks that killed 2,819 citizens. This is not a day for celebration, but is rather a mournful day. The horrible memories of that terrible day still plague the hearts and minds of people worldwide. As with all avoidable tragedies, we must fight through […]
United Way Sets $5.4 Million Goal
The United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster County began its yearly fundraising campaign last Thursday. It set a $5.4 million goal. United Way funds thirty-nine agencies that in turn provide sixty-five programs in the areas of hunger and homelessness, child outreach, and domestic violence. Read the full Journal Star story.
Hungry Children & World Hunger Facts
Let me share some of staggering facts: One out of every eight children under the age of twelve in the U.S. goes to bed hungry every night. Every 3.6 seconds someone dies of hunger For the price of one missile, a school full of hungry children could eat lunch every day for 5 years. Poverty […]
Calls For Renewed Effort To Fight Hunger
UN food agency calls for renewed effort to fight hunger: If the world hopes to achieve a set of internationally agreed development targets by 2015, it must begin by tackling hunger and extreme poverty, especially in sub-Saharan Africa the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today. FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf told the committee, […]
WHO: Drinking-Water and Sanitation
A recent report from the World Health Organization about drinking-water and sanitation says: Safe drinking water, sanitation and good hygiene are fundamental to health, survival, growth and development. However, these basic necessities are still a luxury for many of the world’s poor people. Over 1.1 billion of our fellow citizens do not use drinking water […]