Bravo Craig and Marc! I love your amazing vision of a world that will be free from extreme proverty. Thank you for helping change this extreme duality reality of rich vs. poor. I believe there is enough abundance for everyone to enjoy a beautiful life.
coucou, "kids helping kids", this is a good lesson for adults. I salute their dedication and courage, I hope they succeed in their mission. The question that arises, is this action enough? Millions of children around the world suffer they are exploited and abused, etc ... a dramatic situation that requires the mobilization of all. "au revoir"
Do you believe these Humanitarian "kids" are helping you as a country gain independence or to become dependent?
As we from the west have a right as "civilized" people to come to you in your land, tell you how to live . . . judge how you have chosen to live and give you gifts because we believe you cannot take care of your self.
We need to teach your government, how to raise your children and what is right and wrong?
Do not become reliant on anyone but your self. Or you will like a domesticated animal find your self with a master. Do not allow the children of a foreign country to tell you how to live.
Embrace your won independence. Find your own way. Make a prosperous country for your self.
This comment that starts out "Dear Africa" is absolutely correct.
We must all realize that each country, each society, each people, all have the exact same knowledge and exactly the same resources. We must be careful not to expose others to things they have not learned or experienced before. God does not want anyone helping anyone else. We all need to wake up and realize this.
As a matter of fact, each individual on earth has the exact same resources and capacity to learn and achieve and prosper.
Nobody needs another person or group of people teaching them new and better ways to solve their problems. They must be left on their own for months, years or even decades to struggle with their problems, suffering, poverty or oppresion, until they figure out a suitable way of dealing with those problems.
This can be applied to even our everyday lives. If a neighbor offers to help you remove the tree that has fallen on your house, it is best to decline. Tell them that you can solve your own problems.
If you find yourself bleeding profusly from the head, do not call any ambulance or paramedics to come and offer their help. You must pull yourself up by your bootstraps and walk to the emergency room yourself. When you arrive at the emergency room and the staff their offer to help you, it would be wise to refuse. After all, they are just trying to control you by offering their help. You must repair your injuries on your own.
As the original author has stated... "Do not become reliant on anyone but yourself" or you WILL find one day that you have a master and you are a slave.
We must all learn to make our own cars, our own gasoline, grow our own food, administer our own surgeries to ourselves. Do not become dependent on anyone. This is imperative. Do not send your children to school to gain knowledge from a teacher. You must teach yourself everything you need to know. Do not be a slave to the teacher.
Only in this way will you gain your independence and live a healthy happy and prosperous life. Shoot me now.
i loved the story of children helping underprivileged children in 3rd world countries...it was so touching...i want my grandchildren to see that they can make a difference...
I am curious. I am willing to be ridiculed by anyone with differing ideas who chooses to do so. I came into the American workforce through a similar sort of "right of passage" known as an internship. There were many many points in time I was required to work without pay. And for long durations. There were times I was hungry and was not provided any sort of return at all for the hours I worked. And there are prolific online listings for this sort of what you could call "slave labor" that exists. If not in the hundreds of thousands of jobs . . . but literally millions of jobs here in the United States.
Some of the largest actual profiteers that I encountered in my years as essentially a servant actually existed in the most ripe and unadulterated form in the actual movie and film business.
Sure . . . the result is not necessarily a kid without a shirt in a factory somewhere . . . but I do not necessarily see the differing premise here other than our higher standard of living and this guy who seems to look down on his nose for what people do everywhere . . . and who wants to take and filter money off to a poorer country essentially doing the same thing we do here . . .
Much of the work out there for young people with a "potential future" offers you absolutely NOTHING in return at the starting level for your time other than "experience".
I suppose I could be arrogant enough to look at an impoverished family over seas. And call them "bad parents" for allowing their children a similar "right of passage" I had to undergo here in a rich country such as the United States my self. And possibly point fingers at their comparative lack of morality . . . which is for no reason other than not having the same standard of living as my self.
If the economic standards of the United States deteriorate to the level of some of these third world countries. I pray that similar socialistic cancers from the outside do not spread into my personal community and create a climate of reliance. And people are required to do what they have been for the last 200 years in this country until recently . . . which is take care of themselves.
Hard for me to take this comment seriously. To compare an apprenticeship or internship in the U.S. to child labor in a 3rd world country is beyond ignorant. PLEASE, I beg of you, get a passport and go to on one of these trips to one of these places, if to do nothing more than observe. When you come back, re-visit your post here. There is NO WAY you will NOT have a complete and utter change of heart.. and maybe find your soul in the process. It's hard to believe a comment like this could poison such an incredible and inspirational story of young kids of privilege helping those not so geographically fortunate.
I ask you very kindly sir. And with the upmost respect to please listen to the substance of what I am saying before you resort to insulting my intelligence. Also. Just for a moment kind sir, consider the fact that there may in fact be both a generation gap and a socioeconomic gap between my class and your own. The realities of my life may in fact afford me the ability to look at the situation in a way you may not your self. I find it cheapens your argument that you are incapable of engaging in a discussion without resulting to petty insults. Which tells me that I may have in fact struck a chord with you. I wish to respectfully reply to your response in a manner that engages you in discussion and does not insult your intelligence or belittle you personally. As my intent is to learn from the conversation and further it as opposed to engaging in petty insults. I ask you to do nothing more than to hear me out. Regardless of whether or not you like what I say.
As a young American entering the workforce of an increasingly impoverished nation . . . I acknowledge without any doubt that these children are subject to quite inhospitable and comparatively extreme and poor working conditions than I will encounter in the United States. And I would argue I face a harsher and more uncertain work environment than my parents. And I don't think I am off the mark. I ask you to look at the photographic works of Lewis Hine. An early photographer from this nation. It is extremely easy to look only at the tragedy of the situation in this story. I believe it takes a stronger constitution to respond with more than pity. And doing so affords one the ability to see more than just a symptom of the problem.
You are overlooking the basic premise of my argument. I don't look down my nose at these people. I really see them as no different than us as a whole. Perhaps you do. In fact. I personally believe you probably do . . . or somehow see your self as better. I believe this engagement is to this day unchanged between continents and differing people. As a whole, we are just richer and the austerity is less severe. The austerity and harshness of the realities faced by these children is based on the economic stability and wealth of the country. I do not pity these people any more so than I would a member of my own family . . . You somehow must believe these people are immoral and do not care for their children? You are arrogant enough to see your self as better? What has this ideology that we somehow can impose our beliefs on another nation done for this nation as a whole?
The underlying cause here is poverty. Plain and simple. The symptom of the problem is child labor. And it is a symptom we as a country have expressed ourselves. Do nations become strong and independent adhering to living without the consequences of their lack of governance? Is it the obligation of the United States to fund every rogue and lawless country guilty of crimes associated with poverty? And is there any amount of money you can filter to these places at this level and make a difference?
I ask you. If you want to solve this problem to look at the source. And take my argument to heart without judgement. The United States as a whole is a wealthy country. Do you really somehow believe that parents in these places care for their children any less so than we do here? And somehow we are better? Or that really the same sorts of things we call internships and apprenticeship here are not based on the exact same fabric of human nature we see here in the United States? And that values . . . like maybe swinging a hammer and such are perhaps looked at by the parents of these kids in the same light as maybe a kid taking an unpaid internship from CBS . . . ? Or that the premise here is any different? If you have a problem with this . . . then you should have a problem with the millions of paid listings for unpaid labor we have here in the US . . . Our only difference is our wealth. I am not so arrogant as to see it any other way.
Because we collectively believe we have some right to judge it and deem it incorrect in it's self says that we do. I simply ask you. And with a great deal of good will to consider that while the austerity and severity of the situation is without a doubt drastically different. The underlying premise is no different. The only difference is the wealth of the nation as a whole. So why is it we believe we have the luxury of casting our personal moral judgement on what other people do? Or somehow it is our moral task to change and address aspects of their own economy which they have not themselves? I ask you. And do so respectfully to do little more than listen to what I am saying before passing judgement as to what level of intelligence it is I posses.
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"kids helping kids", this is a good lesson for adults. I salute their dedication and courage, I hope they succeed in their mission.
The question that arises, is this action enough?
Millions of children around the world suffer they are exploited and abused, etc ... a dramatic situation that requires the mobilization of all.
"au revoir"
Do you believe these Humanitarian "kids" are helping you as a country gain independence or to become dependent?
As we from the west have a right as "civilized" people to come to you in your land, tell you how to live . . . judge how you have chosen to live and give you gifts because we believe you cannot take care of your self.
We need to teach your government, how to raise your children and what is right and wrong?
Do not become reliant on anyone but your self. Or you will like a domesticated animal find your self with a master. Do not allow the children of a foreign country to tell you how to live.
Embrace your won independence. Find your own way. Make a prosperous country for your self.
We must all realize that each country, each society, each people, all have the exact same knowledge and exactly the same resources. We must be careful not to expose others to things they have not learned or experienced before. God does not want anyone helping anyone else. We all need to wake up and realize this.
As a matter of fact, each individual on earth has the exact same resources and capacity to learn and achieve and prosper.
Nobody needs another person or group of people teaching them new and better ways to solve their problems. They must be left on their own for months, years or even decades to struggle with their problems, suffering, poverty or oppresion, until they figure out a suitable way of dealing with those problems.
This can be applied to even our everyday lives. If a neighbor offers to help you remove the tree that has fallen on your house, it is best to decline. Tell them that you can solve your own problems.
If you find yourself bleeding profusly from the head, do not call any ambulance or paramedics to come and offer their help. You must pull yourself up by your bootstraps and walk to the emergency room yourself. When you arrive at the emergency room and the staff their offer to help you, it would be wise to refuse. After all, they are just trying to control you by offering their help. You must repair your injuries on your own.
As the original author has stated... "Do not become reliant on anyone but yourself" or you WILL find one day that you have a master and you are a slave.
We must all learn to make our own cars, our own gasoline, grow our own food, administer our own surgeries to ourselves. Do not become dependent on anyone. This is imperative. Do not send your children to school to gain knowledge from a teacher. You must teach yourself everything you need to know. Do not be a slave to the teacher.
Only in this way will you gain your independence and live a healthy happy and prosperous life. Shoot me now.
Some of the largest actual profiteers that I encountered in my years as essentially a servant actually existed in the most ripe and unadulterated form in the actual movie and film business.
Sure . . . the result is not necessarily a kid without a shirt in a factory somewhere . . . but I do not necessarily see the differing premise here other than our higher standard of living and this guy who seems to look down on his nose for what people do everywhere . . . and who wants to take and filter money off to a poorer country essentially doing the same thing we do here . . .
Much of the work out there for young people with a "potential future" offers you absolutely NOTHING in return at the starting level for your time other than "experience".
I suppose I could be arrogant enough to look at an impoverished family over seas. And call them "bad parents" for allowing their children a similar "right of passage" I had to undergo here in a rich country such as the United States my self. And possibly point fingers at their comparative lack of morality . . . which is for no reason other than not having the same standard of living as my self.
If the economic standards of the United States deteriorate to the level of some of these third world countries. I pray that similar socialistic cancers from the outside do not spread into my personal community and create a climate of reliance. And people are required to do what they have been for the last 200 years in this country until recently . . . which is take care of themselves.
I ask you very kindly sir. And with the upmost respect to please listen to the substance of what I am saying before you resort to insulting my intelligence. Also. Just for a moment kind sir, consider the fact that there may in fact be both a generation gap and a socioeconomic gap between my class and your own. The realities of my life may in fact afford me the ability to look at the situation in a way you may not your self. I find it cheapens your argument that you are incapable of engaging in a discussion without resulting to petty insults. Which tells me that I may have in fact struck a chord with you. I wish to respectfully reply to your response in a manner that engages you in discussion and does not insult your intelligence or belittle you personally. As my intent is to learn from the conversation and further it as opposed to engaging in petty insults. I ask you to do nothing more than to hear me out. Regardless of whether or not you like what I say.
As a young American entering the workforce of an increasingly impoverished nation . . . I acknowledge without any doubt that these children are subject to quite inhospitable and comparatively extreme and poor working conditions than I will encounter in the United States. And I would argue I face a harsher and more uncertain work environment than my parents. And I don't think I am off the mark. I ask you to look at the photographic works of Lewis Hine. An early photographer from this nation. It is extremely easy to look only at the tragedy of the situation in this story. I believe it takes a stronger constitution to respond with more than pity. And doing so affords one the ability to see more than just a symptom of the problem.
You are overlooking the basic premise of my argument. I don't look down my nose at these people. I really see them as no different than us as a whole. Perhaps you do. In fact. I personally believe you probably do . . . or somehow see your self as better. I believe this engagement is to this day unchanged between continents and differing people. As a whole, we are just richer and the austerity is less severe. The austerity and harshness of the realities faced by these children is based on the economic stability and wealth of the country. I do not pity these people any more so than I would a member of my own family . . . You somehow must believe these people are immoral and do not care for their children? You are arrogant enough to see your self as better? What has this ideology that we somehow can impose our beliefs on another nation done for this nation as a whole?
The underlying cause here is poverty. Plain and simple. The symptom of the problem is child labor. And it is a symptom we as a country have expressed ourselves. Do nations become strong and independent adhering to living without the consequences of their lack of governance? Is it the obligation of the United States to fund every rogue and lawless country guilty of crimes associated with poverty? And is there any amount of money you can filter to these places at this level and make a difference?
I ask you. If you want to solve this problem to look at the source. And take my argument to heart without judgement. The United States as a whole is a wealthy country. Do you really somehow believe that parents in these places care for their children any less so than we do here? And somehow we are better? Or that really the same sorts of things we call internships and apprenticeship here are not based on the exact same fabric of human nature we see here in the United States? And that values . . . like maybe swinging a hammer and such are perhaps looked at by the parents of these kids in the same light as maybe a kid taking an unpaid internship from CBS . . . ? Or that the premise here is any different? If you have a problem with this . . . then you should have a problem with the millions of paid listings for unpaid labor we have here in the US . . . Our only difference is our wealth. I am not so arrogant as to see it any other way.
Because we collectively believe we have some right to judge it and deem it incorrect in it's self says that we do. I simply ask you. And with a great deal of good will to consider that while the austerity and severity of the situation is without a doubt drastically different. The underlying premise is no different. The only difference is the wealth of the nation as a whole. So why is it we believe we have the luxury of casting our personal moral judgement on what other people do? Or somehow it is our moral task to change and address aspects of their own economy which they have not themselves? I ask you. And do so respectfully to do little more than listen to what I am saying before passing judgement as to what level of intelligence it is I posses.