Can it have been a whole month since I have posted?! It does seem like an eternity here, but at the same time, a tornado of time that has disappeared from me while I have cried over spilt milk. I will write more often, because whether or not anyone reads this, I love to write and what I write about, is critical for people of our time to discuss.
Well, onto the subject of this blog. Malaria - the UNA (UN Association) folks who read this know all about Millennium Development Goal #6 (Millennium Development Goals), which focuses on combatting infectious diseases, especially malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS.
What we don't recognize is the tremendous strain that preventable, curable diseases like malaria, play on humanity, and the international economy. In Africa, where access to proper healthcare is few and far between, malaria kills an African child every 30 seconds. This article discusses how simple it is to have one bednet make an instrumental difference in saving lives.
This is yet another reason why you should come out and support our Nurture the Nations event here in Orlando - where we are discussing this issue and raising money to put malaria screens on homes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
On Myanmar....
This is a direct quote from the article that came across my online searching today. When I read things like this, I swear that a part of me wants to dance with inspiration... "Almost 1,000 Buddhist monks marched through the streets of Myanmar's biggest city Thursday, protected by a human chain of onlookers as they kept alive the most sustained and defiant protests against the military government in at least a decade."
Wow. Read the article here And now I leave you with a quote that will hopefully inspire you to think something amazing, and go out and do it.
"Start writing a new chapter, for if you live by the book you'll never make history."
- Ben Sobel
Friday, September 21, 2007
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