Thursday, October 16, 2008

30 Million People

Yesterday was Blog Action Day on which bloggers worldwide chose a particular issue to blog about. This year 's was POVERTY. I have another post about it on my blog
Title: Food They Bought For One Week And The Number Of Persons In The FamilyGERMANY: The Melander family of Bargteheide - 2 adults, 2 teenagersFood expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07UNITED STATES: The Revis family of North Carolina - 2 adults, 2 teenagersFood expenditure for one week: $341.98JAPAN: The Ukita family of Kodaira City - 2 adults, 2 teenagersFood expenditure for one week: 37,699 Yen or $317.25ITALY: The Manzo family of Sicily - 2 adults, 3 kidsFood expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11MEXICO: The Casales family of Cuernavaca - 2 adults, 3 kidsFood expenditure for one week: 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09POLAND: The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna - 4 adults, 1 teenagerFood expenditure for one week: 582.48 Zlotys or $151.27EGYPT: The Ahmed family of Cairo - 7 adults, 5 kidsFood expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53ECUADOR: The Ayme family of Tingo - 4 adults, 5 teenagersFood expenditure for one week: $31.55BHUTAN: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village - 7 adults, 6 kidsFood expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03CHAD: The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp - 3 adults, 3 kidsFood expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23

A poor family in India has to survive on $1.50 a day . The family can consist of 6 to 8 members.Sometimes they end up eating bread and salt or potatoes.

Whether we live in a land of milk and honey or thorns and thisles let us as God 's people reach out to those in need.

This song by Todd Agnew speaks to me



Posted by Amrita

2 comments:

Felisol said...

Dear Amrita Pilgrim,
30 millions,- the number is too high, we cannot quit get it.
In Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland,; what we refer to as the Nordic or Scandinavian countries there live less then 30 millions altogether.
We talk about the death of a population bigger than that of 6 countries.
My neighbor counties. I wonder; would the world have been so silent if it was us instead of them.
I feel ashamed.
From Felisol

Amrita said...

I feel ashamed too.
Obesity is on the rise in India too.

The rich people in my country are feeding off the helplessness of the poor.
Your sister,
Amrita