I want a waterbuffalo for Christmas

I think it is weird how Christmas has become so camerical over such a short amount of time.Here in America we want I-pods and clothes and money,but in some poor countries around the world, those things don't mean a thing to them.

There are places in Asia that are wishing for a water buffalo for Christmas. To people here in America we would think that they are crazy. What can a water buffalo possible mean for theses people. To them, a water buffalo means transportation, food, something to drink other than water ,and a new life.

There is an organization that I was introduce to at a concert called Gospel for Asia that give theses people who are struggling a new chance at their life.This group of people have brought faith and hope back to a land that has been devastated by poverty and hunger. K.P. Yohannan has changed the lives of thousands of people all over Asia.

The thing about this cause is that we can all do our part to help even if we don't have a lot of money through this tough economic time. You can just pray for these people or even tell your friends about them. A little bit can go a long way. Think about these people when you are doing your holiday shopping this year and do what you can to end poverty all over the world.

To visit The Gospel for Asia 's website,go to www.gfa.org/

Haiti,the Story of the Unknown Children

Most people know the story of Africa and Iraq using child slaves but what people might not know is that Haiti, the island paridise, has a dark side to this slavery around the world. 24% of children ages 10 to 14 work without pay. They work as street traders, and for sexual reasons. 250,000 to 300,000 children work, 80% of whom are female and 20% are males. This to me is very distrubing. These children are taken from their families and sold into servitude while thousands of vacationers relax and rest while these kids work up to 12 hours a day.

We are not going to ignore this any longer.An organization called Restaveks is trying to solve this delima that is occuring all around Haiti. These children are the faces of this tragedy:

Some of these children do survive like a boy called Cielo but unlike him who made it, there are thousands like this girl who are still in servitude.



10% of the total Haiti children die because of malnutrition before age of 4.This in my book is not acceptable. So do these organizations and they are doing something about it, they are saving these kids.

Here is a list of just a few organizations:

• HaitiChildren.com




• Stopchildslavery.com




• http://www.nchr.org/

W e don't know what their living arrangements are or what these kids even make but all we know is that we must help them because they are just kids who are in desperate need of a better and kinder world they are living in so please, help one of these kids today.

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Podcast about Child Slavery Around the World

Click on the podcast button to hear my interview with Grace Hanley, a college represenitaive of freethechildren.com. Please wait because it takes a little while to load but enjoy this and take this in mind the message that is said.THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

Why Children?

At the begining of making this blog, I never stopped wondering why children. Why is it that they have to part of the cruelty and misdomenor of this ugly world? I am a christian and in the bible it says that we are the children of God. If we are the children of God then why is our children being treated with such cruelty and demis?



If we love these children so much, then why are there others who think it is OK to punish these children who have done nothing? Some people say that it is for the economy and some others say that it doesn't matter and that we should not get involved with this. I personally believe that there is no excuse for mistreating a child who has done nothing wrong and have been kidnapped from their family and friends and put into a hole which there is no escape.



There are those people who do not worry about these children and forget that these children are around and are trying to break free from which they are trapped like mice. They have no hope and no future. These people who are unaware of this problem are countries who do not wish to see these children hurt. When these people are ignoring the child slaves, they are saying that there is nothing wrong in this world and that we should not bother with helping others.



Then there are some people who have the courage to stand up for what they believe is right. They stand for the freedom of these children and other slaves in the world. They are people like Grace Hanley and Craig Kielburger who have decided to put matters in their own hands and do something about this. Craig is the founder of freethechildren.com, a non-profit organization who only belief is to save children.

I believe that as human beings, we must protect these children that there are on earth and end slavery once and for all. We have to make sure that these children never witness this type of evil ever again.

Bloody Old England

England is the only country who has a queen that still reigns today and they plan to keep it that way. The only thing that they have not change is their royal family but what does a royal family mean if they can't even keep up with the times.



They believe that it is OK to have child slaves in their country and that no one will notice. Well guess what England, we have found out about your dirty deeds. This is simply bloody ugly. The world has been paying attention to the upcoming Olympics and the USA's presidential elections but that does not give you the right to turn your backs and treat your children like dirt. Why does it seem that every step that the world goes forward in technology, the stronger countries seem to fall ten steps back in human rights. As we look around the world at the poorest countries and the mistakes that they have made, we do not see the stronger and richer countries making the same mistakes. England , you have made some huge mistakes.

Why is it that you have to take children from other countries to do your dirty deeds?Is it because you are cowards or is it because you don't want your good image of being such a fantastic country to be ruined?When I looked up your statistics, it seems that I can't find any information about your child slaves that you use in sweet shops.It is amazing to see what type of money you think that these innocent children are worth these days. You sell children into a life of misery and neglect for the low low price of 3,000 pounds. In the United States, we call this illegal but we still do it. When we see strong countries, we believe that England is one of those countries but from what I have learned, I believe that you are all cowards.

When children think of England, they think of the story of Peter Pan, who saves Wendy from growing up. To a lot of kids in England, I bet they are thinking that Peter pan will save them any minute. I guess they are wrong to believe that someone will save them from the chaotic life that they live. These children have no faith, trust ,or even a sprinkle of pixie dust to save them. All they have is their lives to be thankful for.

I guess that we have to be thankful for what we have. As we evolve in our world of technology and fast food restaurants,we are always wondering what life would be like without our items that we have everyday. Th way we think of the world around us will change in a couple years but human kindness or cruelty will never change.

We must act in kindness instead of cruelty. One of the ways to do this is to help these children in these countries is by protesting the things that are made. Look at how Nestle was protested in the 1970's for the baby formula that they sent to Africa. This is an effective way to change the world around us. We must protest major corporations that use force labor so that they can be one top of the corporate ladder.

England,we are going to change you from bad to good.The ways that we are going to change you are going to be drastic but they are necessary.There needs to be changes or the country will fall

World of Child Slavery Quiz

This was a quiz to see how much you know about the world issues that I have just touched so far in this blog. As we explore the world of slavery, we see tons of statistics and we don't really which ones are true and which ones are false. As we go on with our lives , we don't realise that there are:

• 73 million children in the world who are slaves between the ages of 10- 14 years old.
• 44.6 million of these 73 million children are in Asia alone( that is 13 percent of the world's children slaves.)
• There are 496,000 children who are slaves in Bangladesh.

These are just some of the unimaginable statistics that we see in the world around us. We are so engross with our technology and our sports that we don't even see that these people are suffering for things that we use every day of our lives. Out of 6.6 billion people in the world, 73 million of those people are slaves . We are pretty selfish and so power hungry that we don't see that there are others less fortunate than we are.

Africa is one of the poorest Continent in the world yet we do nothing about it. A group of people called the Community Treks and they are doing something about this problem. They take suitcases full of medical things and take it down to Africa. To keep this stuff safe, they slip officials in Africa money so that they can bring this medical merchandise to people who really need it. This is just an amazing organization who does not wait around all day watching people die of medical diseases that we have cures for, they take action and really help these people out.

There are organizations like this in the world that we need to be a part of. Oprah Winfrey is a great example of this.Oprah has traveled to Africa and have created a school for girls so that they can be able to make choices to change their lives. They have 60 school made in 13 countries. That have saved the lives of thousands of kids around the world.

As a spectator of the evils in this world, I believe that we can change the world that these kids live in. If we can change one child's life, we are doing a lot of good. I challenge you all to just go to these websites and try to donate either your time or money to helping these kids.