If you’ve had something to eat today … if you had somewhere to sleep last night … if you know where your next meal is coming from … please take just a few minutes to watch this video promoting Compassion Day 2009.
This Thursday from 6:00 a.m. radio stations across Australia will be encouraging listeners to sacrifice $44 a month to change the world one child at a time. As someone who has seen the work of Compassion first hand, I can assure you that this is vital work which is quite literally saving lives.
On Compassion Day 09, we want to bring hope for the hungry and will focus on Bangladesh and Ethiopia, two of the countries hardest hit by the current global food crisis that is forcing millions more people into extreme poverty.
In Ethiopia, it is estimated that 4.5 million people need emergency food assistance, reviving memories of the country’s tragic famine in the 1980s that grabbed international attention and sparked the Live Aid concerts. In Bangladesh, 95 per cent of Compassion assisted children are affected by the crisis. The price of rice has risen by 90 per cent in a country where the average family consumes 3kg of rice a day.
This is the tenth year for Compassion Day and we’re hoping that Australia wide 1500 children will be saved from poverty.
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