Though I do not have children, nor consciously plan to have any, I am deeply concerned about the plight of children in parts of the world suffering from abuse, hunger, slavery and exploitation.
In the time you take to read this post, there would have been dozens of children around the world who would suffer all forms of abuse at the hands of people whom they thought loved them, and whom they had the utmost respect for.
And it all becomes a vicious cycle — research and studies have shown that children who have suffered one form of abuse or another are more likely to abuse both their own and other children when they themselves become adults.
About the most heinous form of abuse would be sexual abuse, because in as much as 90% of reported cases involving sexual abuse, the perpetrators are people that the child knows, trusts and respects.
Then there’s child labor and exploitation, where children in poor countries are lured, forcefully taken or worse, sold into all forms of slavery and into prostitution. Some are even taken away to far-flung places thousands of miles away from their homelands by human traffickers.
Yet many of us who should consider ourselves fortunate to be where we are today are not aware, or too apathetic to notice that we can help!
All it takes is just a dollar or two a day, and you will be helping to provide a child with his or her school fees, books, milk powder, food, and other essentials. You will also be helping to ensure that the child receives an education and has the potential to make the world a better place in future.
To borrow a cliche, children are indeed the future. What we choose to ignore or do something about today will greatly affect the future. And if we indeed wish to leave a better world to the next generation, we need to start caring now.
Here are some organizations that are able to use your donations to help break the poverty cycle, end abuse and ensure that these children under their care have a childhood (I am in no way affiliated to any of the organizations listed):
Some of my non-Christian friends have remarked that they don’t ever want to be Christians because they will turn into the most judgmental people on earth.
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