It is all well and good to go to Africa and help people but
what about the poverty that is closer to home?

Poverty rates in the south are rising faster than anywhere else in the country. In parts of the Appalachian regions of
North Carolina and Tennessee almost one in three children
go hungry because there is not enough money for food. In the
Arkansas Delta, nearly one in four are not certain where their
next meal is coming from or if it will even materialize at all. Nutritious food is expensive while junk food is cheap
and easily available. As a result disease, heart attacks,stroke and diabetes and other diseases linked to poor
nutrition are rampant. North Carolina, Mississippi and Arkansas suffer especially high rates of obesity.

The University of Arkansas has a program called Heifer International that I have written about before. It helps
people to help themselves by giving them a start. Perhaps
a goat or a heifer to provide milk, manure for fertilizing
a garden, garden seed and the know how to profit from
their industry. The old saying, give a man a fish and he
is fed for a day teach him to fish and he can feed himself
comes to mind. Maya Angelou said, "When you learn, teach.
When you get, give".

Ten dollars a month for one year provides a goat.
20 a month provides a flock of chicks to a family each month. 30dollars a month goes toward a flock of three sheep.
42 dollars a month adds up to one heifer. 50 dollars a
month goes toward 5 pigs. l52 dollars a month provides
an entire barnyard of animals. Training in the care and
use of the animal is included.

Sorry for preaching but this is my all time favorite
charity. They make wonderful use of what we can spare.
To contact them call l-888-548-6437.