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Visions of Red Cups Danced in their Heads

28 Friday Nov 2014

Posted by Barbara Scoville, LCSW in Altruism, The Pioneers of Peace Thanks"Giving" Cup Campaign

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IMG_2577The children were all nestled snug in their beds…while visions of filled red cups danced in their heads

Last night, in many homes, children went to bed with a new understanding of what Thanksgiving means.

Either before or after their bounteous feasts, they spilled the change they had collected through the month of November out on tables and counted how many school meals they could give.

They knew every combination of 25 cents they could find would feed one child.

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The excitement built as they saw the meals adding up. How empowered they felt when they realized that by their own efforts, they made a difference in not just one person’s life, but in many cases 50 plus lives.

Adult’s hearts swelled as they saw the seeds of altruism taking root in their children.

The feelings the kids were expressing became contagious, and before you knew it, adults were adding to the count by pulling out dollar bills and running out to their cars to find whatever change they could to keep the spirit of giving alive.

A small child beaming with smiles was overheard to say “We’ve got a billion meals…don’t even get me started.” The joy was spreading farther and farther and before the end of the night everyone got a glimpse of where true happiness comes from… GIVING.

As of this writing Pioneers of Peace™Thanks “Giving” Cup Campaign has made a difference by providing 3,276 school meals

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There is a wonderful synergistic energy that is created between giver and receiver. Everyone is equally enlarged by the experience.

This has truly been a beautiful Thanksgiving, and the beginning of many more to come.

Check us out on our Facebook page. Pioneers of Peace™Thanks “Giving” Cup Campaign, and if you are so inclined to give to our cause, here is the link http://my.wfpusa.org/popthanksgivingcupcampaign

May you always find your cup half full 🙂

Barbara

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Thanksgiving Traditions

27 Thursday Nov 2014

Posted by Barbara Scoville, LCSW in Pioneers of Peace, Resilience, The Pioneers of Peace Thanks"Giving" Cup Campaign

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altruism, Compassion, Gratitude, Happy Thanksgiving, Humanitarian Programs, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day, World Food Programme, World Hunger

 

2004380_32Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Traditions are an important part of memories.

Take a moment and think back to some of the traditions you have been a part of…

One of my cherished memories is that of baking a variety of cookies with my mother over the Christmas season. After each batch was baked, the cookies were carefully stored in the freezer until the night we decorated our tree. That night we took the goodies out of the freezer and arranged them on cheerful holiday plates. Hot chocolate was brewed and served with the much awaited cookies, but only after the tree was decorated. The anticipation was overwhelming. It was so much fun that I chose to keep this tradition with my children and now my grandchildren. I can honestly say it’s as much fun today as it was when I was a child, but more importantly, it brings family members together and strengthens our bonds.

What about Thanksgiving?

In my house as well as many others, the Thanksgiving feast takes center stage. For the past couple of years I’m embarassed to admit Black Friday shopping has begun to take root. After dinner, newspapers are laid out on the floor and the hunt begins for the best “deals.” Kids look at the ads and begin their holiday wish lists while the the shopping strategy is formulated.

Contrast that with a different tradition…

…Last year about this time I read about a neat little project that a beautiful friend of mine was doing. It is a desire of her heart to help eradicate hunger in children. She told us that for only .25 cents, a child would be provided a school lunch in a red cup by the World Food Program. This may be all the food they eat in a day.
Our family wanted to try and help and see what we could do so we decided to join the Thanksgiving “Cup” Campaign. We found three cups. One for the grandchildren, one for our children and one for Bob and I. We all looked for spare change in the bottom of purses and pockets, drawers, in the car, and under the couch.

Little ones came with coins in their hands and dropped them one by one into their cup and each time they did we talked about who may benefit from “their” coins.

On Thanksgiving day we all gathered together and counted “our change”. The children made piles of pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters on the floor and counted nearly $100 dollars. In a few short weeks we had “found” and collected enough change to provide 400 school meals for children somewhere in the world.

Isn’t that great.

Thanksgiving is the season of harvest; a time to be mindful of our abundance. It’s a time to reflect on being “thankful” for all that we have. Part of counting our blessings is knowing that our lives could be very different. If we slow down long enough, it is easy to see the contrast between the haves and the have nots.

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We mustn’t forget the forgotten. There exists almost a billion people in the world who do not know where their next meal is coming from.

This Thanksgiving we invite you to begin a new Thanksgiving Tradition by joining the Pioneers of Peace Thanks”Giving” Cup Campaign.

66 million children go to school hungry every day. 25 cents feeds a child. $1.00 feed 4 children. $10.00 feeds 40 children. $20.00 feeds 80 children.

http://my.wfpusa.org/popthanksgivingcupcampaign

Tips for Making the Donation Process as Easy as Pumpkin Pie

1. Become familiar with Pioneers of Peace’s direct link to WFPUSA early. It’s important that you donate through this link so we can measure the good we have collectively accomplished. Here is the link: http://my.wfpusa.org/popthanksgivingcupcampaign

2. If you don’t have a Paypal account, you may want to open one. It’s a safe and easy way to pay directly from your checking account and there are no fees. Here is link: PayPal

On our link there are also options for credit and debit cards

4. Go to your bank in advance and ask them what their procedure is for transferring change into dollars. Most banks have change counting machines that make this process very easy.

5. After counting your change on Thanksgiving day, donate the equivalent through our link, and then the next day, deposit your change into your bank account to reimburse yourself.

6. You can also find out where your local CoinStar machine is and exchange your coins for cash. Just know CoinStar will take a percentage of your money.

7. Calculate how many meals you have donated, and know that as you sit down to your own feast, you have provided much needed school meals to children all over the world.

Other Important Information:

When you donate on our direct link, DO NOT donate anonymously. We want to thank you for your kindness.

When you donate on our direct link you will receive an email receipt from WFPUSA for your tax records .

The first 50 people to donate will receive an authentic red cup as a thank you gift. (One cup per household)

We’d like to thank you in advance for joining us in doing our part to end hunger this Thanksgiving season.

As Mother Teresa said…

Red Cup So you begin

 

May this Thanksgiving be a joyous one and the beginning of a new tradition of putting the “Giving” into Thanksgiving.

 

 

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Happy Thanksgiving Everyone and may you always find your cup half full 🙂

Love,

Barbara

P.S. If you haven’t had a chance yet to see my new blog hop on over and take a look http://www.pioneersofpeace.org 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Today’s the Day Thanks “giving” Cup Campaign Participants!

28 Thursday Nov 2013

Posted by Barbara Scoville, LCSW in Pioneers of Peace, Resilience

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Barbara Scoville, CoinStar, Folliott Sandford Pierpoint, Gratitude, Margaret Mead, Thanksgiving, The Thanks"giving" Cup Campaign, The World Food Program, World Food Program, World Food Programme

993722_10200814480512054_573014598_nGreetings Everyone and Happy Thanksgiving!

I know today you are being bombarded with Black Friday specials and ads designed to lure you into spending your hard earned money on the trappings of the holiday season.

The last thing I want to do is be another voice through social media suggesting how you spend your dollars… but for those of you who have participated in The Thanks”giving” Cup Campaign, the day is finally here 🙂 🙂

Hopefully by now you have figured out how to convert your coins into dollars so that you can make your donation to The World Food Program. I am looking forward to making mine sometime during today’s celebration of gratitude.

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If you haven’t, don’t worry; count your coins today and celebrate your good work.

Tomorrow call your bank and ask if they will let you use their coin counting machine for free. Other options are to count your coins and put them into the paper rolls the bank provides, or use a CoinStar machine which is available in most large grocery stores. The CoinStar machine will keep a percentage of your money (the last time I checked it was 8.9%) for their services.

Of course this charitable challenge is private, which means you are under no obligation to share what you have donated…BUT…it would be fun to see how many meals our combined effort will provide. If you have technical difficulty commenting on my blog you can go to my Facebook page, Barbara Scoville, LCSW and record the number of meals you have provided. Also, it would be fun to see your full cups on Instagram #thanksgivingcupcampaign

School Meals: $1.00= 4 meals

Emergency Biscuits: $1.00= 10 high energy biscuits

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead

This morning while writing this post, I watched the sun rise over the Wasatch Mountains through my office window. I am overwhelmed with gratitude for the beauty of the earth. I am reminded of an old hymn Folliott S. Pierpoint wrote:

For the beauty of the earth,
For the glory of the skies;
For the love which from our birth,
Over and around us lies;
Lord of all, to Thee we raise
This, our hymn of grateful praise.

For the wonder of each hour,
Of the day and of the night;
Hill and vale and tree and flow'r,
Sun and moon, and stars of light;
Lord of all, to Thee we raise
This, our hymn of grateful praise.For the joy of ear and eye,
For the heart and mind's delight;
For the mystic harmony,
Linking sense to sound and sight;
Lord of all, to Thee we raise
This, our hymn of grateful praise.For the joy of human love,
Brother, sister, parent, child;
Friends on Earth and friends above,
For all gentle thoughts and mild;
Lord of all, to Thee we raise
This, our hymn of grateful praise.

Happy Thanksgiving and may you find your cup full 🙂

Barbara (The Blog Whisperer)

Every Mom Should be Able to Feed Her Baby

Every Mom Should be Able to Feed Her Baby

P.S. Instructions for those donating today

1. Go to The World Food Program’s Website at http://www.wfp.org

2. Click on the red donate button in the upper right corner

3. You will be taken to a screen that requires you to type in your country of origin.

4. After entering your country of origin you will be taken to the screen asking you what program you want to donate to. Click on the program of your choice. While I am devoted to school meals, this Thanksgiving I will be donating to the Philippines because of the dire need.

5. Follow the payment instructions.

6. Take at minimum, a few minutes (not seconds) to reflect on compassion and gratitude, and know you are a pioneer of peace. Thank you.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

 

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Thanksgiving Day: 2 Weeks and Counting

15 Friday Nov 2013

Posted by Barbara Scoville, LCSW in Pioneers of Peace, Quotes, Resilience

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Charity Navigator, Cup Campaign, emergency relief, emergency telecommunications, High Energy Biscuits, philanthropy, Philippine, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day, Thich Nhat Hanh, WFP, World Food Programme

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Good Evening Friends,

Can you believe Thanksgiving is only two weeks from today?

To those of you who are participating in The Thanks”giving” Cup Campaign…how’s it going? I have two cups full of change and am hoping to fill one more before my personal deadline of Thanksgiving day.

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When I envisioned this campaign I was dedicated to the school meals program. That was before Super Typhoon Haiyan. I decided today I will be donating my change collection to the same organization, but will designate the funds to be used for emergency relief in the Philippines. (For those of you who are new to my blog you can click on the links at the bottom of this post to learn more about The Thanks”giving” Cup Campaign.)

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Currently WFP is:

distributing food including High Energy Biscuits ($1.00 provides 10 high energy biscuits. $100.00 provides 1000 biscuits) and family packs of rice and canned goods.

coordinating logistics and emergency telecommunications efforts of the humanitarian community

transporting infrastructure including prefabricated offices, mobile storage units, generators and radio equipment, vital to the humanitarian community to coordinate response efforts

WFP plans to provide this emergency relief to 2.5 million people over the next 6 months.

100% of all funds received in response to active WFP emergency operations, will be deployed toward the specific emergency, and not reserved for future emergencies or work in other parts of the world. Charity Navigator has identified WFP as a Four Star Charity.

My heart is filled with compassion for the people in the Philippines.

Let us fill our hearts with our own compassion – towards ourselves and towards all living beings. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

 

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The Thanks “giving” Cup Campaign

13 Sunday Oct 2013

Posted by Barbara Scoville, LCSW in Pioneers of Peace, Resilience, The Power to Do

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Charitable Giving, Charity, Hunger, loose change, Malnutrition, spare change, Stunted growth syndrome, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day, The School Feeding Program, The Thanks"giving" Cup Campaign, United Nation, World Food Programme, World Hunger

This is the reason. It's called stunted growth syndrome and it is irreversible. Can you imagine your child having a brain like the one on the right because you didn't have enough food to feed him or her?

This is the reason. It’s called stunted growth syndrome and it is irreversible. Can you imagine your child having a brain like the one on the right because you didn’t have enough food to feed him or her?

Join me and many others in fighting world hunger this Thanksgiving by saving your spare change between now and Thanksgiving Day and donating it to The School Feeding Program, which is a division of the United Nation‘s World Food Program

Begin by choosing a meaningful cup and start emptying your jingling pockets and bulging wallets into it.

Search under your couch cushions for all of the spare change you can find and send your little children on a quest to find every lost coin hiding in your home and car.

Dig out your old purses and rescue the loose change that is waiting patiently at the bottom to be used for a wise purpose.

The change I found at the bottom of all of my purses. Translation: 23 school meals

The change I found at the bottom of all of my purses. Translation: 23 school meals

What might be clutter to you, could be a meal for a starving child.

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Participating Cups

On Thanksgiving Day add up your change, go to http://www.wfp.org and press the red cup donation button in the top right hand corner of the screen.

This will pull up the donation page. Be sure to click on the school feeding program button.

Last night I made a $10.00 donation to see how it works. I am happy to report it was as easy as pie 🙂 And my $10.00 donation will provide 40 school meals!

That is the best bang for any buck I have ever spent! On top of that I got an oxytocin rush that just keeps coming every time I think about how happy I am that I donated $10.00 instead of spending it at McDonald’s.

The School Feeding Program feeds over 20 million children each day, which is only a fraction of the vast need. Each nutritionally balanced meal is only 25 cents. That means when you spent $20.00 on sushi you could have fed 80 children. Shocking huh!

Hunger Facts

1.    870 million people do not have enough food to eat

2.    98% of the worlds undernourished people live in developing countries

3.    Asia and the Pacific have the highest number of hungry comprising 578 million people, followed by Sub-Saharan Africa with 239 million people, and then Latin America and the Caribbean with 53 million people

4.    Malnutrition is the key factor contributing to one-third of all global deaths (2.6 million per year)

5.    Every 10 seconds, a child dies from hunger related diseases

images6.  There is enough food in the world today for everyone to have the nourishment necessary for a healthy and productive life

PIONEERS OF PEACE WALK NOT JUST TALK

Walk with me. Please

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Spread the word that we can make a difference this Thanksgiving; a holiday in which we celebrate abundance and gratitude. How can we not share?

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Educate yourself by spending just 20 minutes watching the Ted Talk below 

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Make a Difference This Thanksgiving

06 Sunday Oct 2013

Posted by Barbara Scoville, LCSW in Pioneers of Peace

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Abundance, Charitable Giving, Gratitude, Pioneer of Peace, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day, world, World Food Program, World Food Programme, World Hunger

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Greetings Friends,

Ok, I know I’m going out on a limb here, but I am going to have courage and share something that is very special to me.

As many of you know, the cause of fighting world hunger is very close to my heart. One of the primary reasons I began this blog almost 1 year ago, was to eventually launch a charitable foundation called, “Pioneers of Peace.” In the past year I have secured the copyright to that title. I have also applied for the copyright to “Pioneers of Peace Walk, Not Just Talk.”

It was my hope that I would spend a year gathering a following, and then launch my foundation. Sadly I have not gained the following I would’ve liked, and so when I ask you to be a part of this I am taking a leap of faith.

I was going to wait until January, but Friday morning something happened. I know now is the time; though the response might be small.

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This is what happened…I was catching up on Facebook when I saw The World Food Program‘s latest plea for help. It was a picture much like all of the others; a little girl holding an iconic green cup (I like the red ones better) advertising the school feeding program which is so near and dear to my heart.

Then it happened…I saw the gruel inside of the green cup transform into coins. Tears came to my eyes and I decided in that moment I was personally going to get an appropriate cup and fill it with all of my spare change between now and Thanksgiving.

On Thanksgiving Day as an expression of gratitude for my abundance I will donate the change to The World Food Program’s School Feeding Program.

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The thought didn’t stop there. I saw not only one cup brimming with coins, but many. That’s when I knew it was time to ask others to join me, knowing that together we could make a significant contribution.

Everyone has a change jar. As my son has reminded me, those jars are often people’s Disneyland Fund. That may be true, but really? Can’t we donate our change to children who are starving and under the threat of stunted growth syndrome for approximately two months starting today. What better way is there to teach your children about gratitude and charity?

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It only takes 25 cents to provide all of the necessary nutritional requirements for one child per day. How many meals can you provide?

Mother Theresa said, “If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.”

So I am asking you. Please join me in being a Pioneer of Peace by finding a cup worthy of such a collection, and begin saving your spare change. Let us Walk Not Just Talk and share our abundance with those less fortunate on Thanksgiving.  I will be providing more details shortly, but for now please pass the word along.

My cup

My cup

Send me a picture of your cup  ( barbarascovillelcsw@gmail.com) and I will post it for all to see. LET’S DO IT because PIONEERS OF PEACE WALK NOT JUST TALK

Thanks everyone 🙂

Love,

Barbara (The Blog Whisperer)

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EXTRA!!! EXTRA!!! READ ALL ABOUT IT!!! The Answer to The Red Cup Post and Why You Should Care

28 Sunday Apr 2013

Posted by Barbara Scoville, LCSW in Pioneers of Peace, Resilience

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Biafra, current-events, Human Rights, Humanitarian Programs, Hunger, Pioneers of Peace, WFP, World Food Programme, World Hunger



“One of these things is not like the others, one of these things just doesn’t belong, can you tell which thing is not like the others by the time I finish my song?

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Did you guess which thing was not like the others? Did you guess which thing just doesn’t belong? If you guessed this one is not like the others, then you’re absolutely…right!”   Sesame Street

All six cups are red.

All are containers.

Five hold drinks.

One is a Pioneer of Peace.

How Can a Red Cup Be a Pioneer of Peace You Ask?

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It’s simple but elegant. The Red Cup and its army of clones feed 20 million children in the poorest regions of the world. It is both the vessel and symbol for The United Nations World Food Program’s (WFP), Fill the Cup Campaign, created to raise awareness and funds for 59 million children who are suffering from hunger.

 “The campaign slogan and logo are based on the millions of plastic cups that WFP uses to handout porridge or other food rations to millions of school children around the world.” http://www.wfp.org/node/7863

Kudos to the Red Cup because according to WFP…

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– It feeds on average 20 million children a day

– It serves in 70 developing countries

– It promotes education by providing food at school

– It encourages girls to receive an education, preventing early marriage and pregnancy

– It provides all the daily essential nutrients to maintain health in one, 25 cent serving

– It provides relief and hope to both parents and children

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It was 1969, and the awards night for our Annual  6th Grade Science Fair.  I didn’t want to go to the event, but my parents informed me we WERE going. To this day I don’t think they knew in advance that I had won first prize, because when we arrived and saw the blue ribbon hanging on my simple red poster we were all speechless.

Earlier that morning my fellow classmates and I submitted our entries to be viewed and voted on throughout the day by students, teachers, and other so called important people. There were elaborate electronic contraptions, the most impressive being projects that obviously had a lot of parental collaboration.

My mother helped me with mine, but it was very simple. I’m not exactly a left brained person so I struggled with what on earth my science project could be. Did I mention it was mandatory?

Biafra was all over the headlines in 1969, so it was no surprise that one afternoon while walking through the kitchen, I spotted a Life magazine sitting on the counter featuring a photo of starving children. That moment my inner social worker roared to the surface, and I made the decision to risk ridicule and write a report on world hunger, highlighting Biafra.

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A report and a red poster featuring a paper doll, collaged from newspaper photos depicting victims of hunger became my entry. Thinking about it now; it must have looked malnourished itself, hidden behind the elaborate electronic contraptions, mini green houses, and models of how the body works.

Last night while writing this post, I decided to see what happened to Biafra, and found out it had lost it’s independence, and is once again part of Nigeria.

Strangely after googling it, an article called “Who Cares About Biafra Anyway?” written by The Harvard Crimson, came up on the search page.

The weird thing was, it was dated February 25, 1969. Well that’s odd, I thought. How bizarre to happen upon an article written in the same year I did my science project. I began reading it with great interest and the first paragraph brought back childhood emotional memories, reminding me of why I chose Biafra for my project.

Between Aug 1968 and Feb 1969, one million, YES, one million people starved to death in Biafra.  The article went on stating, at that time there were five thousand Harvard grad students. If each student died 200 times, it would equal a million.

I am grateful for an elementary school that was brave enough to take a stand, by recognizing the atrocity of world hunger over other fancy science projects. I’m guessing the school administration had to deal with many disgruntled parents.

Re-creation of my 6th grade science project

Re-creation of my 6th grade science project

7 Facts From The Hunger Project 

1.    870 million people do not have enough food to eat

2.    98% of the worlds undernourished people live in developing countries

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3.    Asia and the Pacific have the highest number of hungry comprising 578 million people, followed by Sub-Saharan Africa with 239 million people, and then Latin America and the Caribbean with 53 million people

4.    60% of the worlds hungry are women

5.    Malnutrition is the key factor contributing to one-third of all global deaths (2.6 million per year).

6.    Every 5 seconds, a child dies from hunger related diseases

7.    There is enough food in the world today for everyone to have the nourishment necessary for a healthy and productive life

5 Reasons Why You Should Care

1.    Because basic nutrition is identified under Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as an integral right of every human being

2.    Because hunger is the number one global risk to health, killing more annually than malaria, AIDS and tuberculosis combined

3.    Because solving chronic hunger creates peace and stability in the world

4.    Because the suffering of men, women and children is unacceptable

5.    Because there IS enough food, yet people are not receiving it

7 Ways to Show You Care

1.   Be in the Know and inform others. Go to http://www.wfp.org to learn the facts

2.    Express genuine gratitude for what you have

3.    Don’t Be Wasteful. One of the main reasons people are not getting food is that it spoils before it even arrives. Think about that the next time you’re cleaning out your fridge.

4.    Live Simply, So Others Might Simply Live  -Gandhi  Be satisfied with what is sufficient for your needs, freeing up resources for others.

5.    Be Mindful. Be awake, slow down, see what is real.  Eat you’re own food slowly, appreciating it’s life sustaining purpose

6.    Claim Your Inner Pioneer of Peace. Stand up for what your heart knows is right. The true mark of a resilient person is the recognition of suffering and the desire to heal

7.    Give. Share your abundance with others. Play Free Rice, the worlds only vocabulary game that feeds the hungry. http://www.freerice.com  Check it out. It’s a good addictionPlay Freerice and feed the hungryShare food, change livesTest Your Hunger IQ

 We Are Global Citizens:

Have you ever pondered your role as a citizen of the world? Like it or not, as human beings we share this planet and it’s resources. We truly are all connected. Many question why there is such a disparity between the haves and the have nots, and of course there are answers; but none is acceptable.

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Lead by Eleanor Roosevelt, on December 10, 1948, The United Nations General Assembly signed The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It was the first global expression of rights to which all human beings are inherently entitled. The following countries voted in favor of the declaration

  • Afghanistan
  • Argentina
  • Australia
  • Belgium
  • Bolivia
  • Brazil
  • Burma
  • Canada
  • Chile
  • Republic of China
  • Colombia
  • Costa Rica
  • Cuba
  • Denmark
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • El Salvador
  • Egypt
  • Ethiopia
  • France
  • Guatemala
  • Haiti
  • India
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Lebanon
  • Liberia
  • Pakistan
  • Romania
  • Greece
  • Iceland
  • Luxembourg
  • Mexico
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Nicaragua
  • Norway
  • Panama
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Sweden
  • Syria
  • Thailand
  • Turkey
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Uruguay
  • Venezuela

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights

SHOCKING ISN”T IT? Many of the countries listed above are shamefully the worst offenders. Clearly, governments are not taking adequate responsibility for their citizens.  As global citizens, what is our responsibility? Each person must answer that question for themselves. What are you thoughts? Please share what you think by pressing the comment button but first…

Take 17 minutes to watch the Ted Talk below that changed my life.

I really mean it! It changed my life!

Where can I get a red cup?

No, I REALLY MEAN IT; WHERE CAN I GET A RED CUP?

 

I will be taking a break from my weekend posts for the next couple of weeks, while I try my hand at guest blogging. I will continue to post Weekly Wellness Check-in on Mondays, and Wednesday’s Words of Wisdom on Wednesdays. If you like what you have read please share it with your friends and follow me by pressing the follow button at the top of the page. Thanks everyone for helping me build my audience.

Until next time, Shine On 🙂

Barbara

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