November 25, 2012 4:00 PM
At age 12, Craig Kielburger set out the change the world. Now, 17 years later and with 2 million volunteers, he's still at it. Scott Pelley reports.
A worldwide mission of kids helping kids
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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.
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.