According to a story on the front page of Yahoo’s website, it states that more than 1 billion people in the world right now are going hungry. Can this be right? How is this possible? These numbers sure don’t add up and why do we have so many people going hungry? Last I heard there was 7 billion people in the world and this would mean that 1 out of every 7 people on our planet is hungry right now. If you figure the average household has 4 people in it; then every 2 households would be about 7 people and this means 1 person in each two households in the world, someone is hungry in that house. I’m sure some are not actually hungry, because you get sick after awhile of not eating anything, but this still means they are malnutrition.
I guess it really depends on where you live in the world. I can certainly speak for the people in the United States and we don’t have 1 out of every 7 people going hungry in this country. We do have homeless people in our major cities here and we have those that live in poor living conditions and I’m sure these folks go hungry on many of nights. I guess to a small degree we do have our hunger issues in this country, but it’s the homeless people that need to be put at the top of the list in our country. My heart goes out to these people and I do wish there was more I could do and we as a nation could do for the homeless. Nobody deserves not to have a home. I know some people are mean and probably made the choices in life that left them homeless today. I imagine that a lot of thieves, low lifes, and foul mouthed people make up some of the homeless population and most are not willing to help these kinds of people. The homeless that uses drugs and when they do find a helping hand they just go buy more drugs with it; then that too dampens the spirits of most Americans that would want to help or could help. However, let’s ask ourselves this question as a high, civilized nation living in the 21st century. Is there anyone that is homeless in America right now that would take full advantage of a helping hand in the form of food, a job, a place to live and after receiving these types of gifts, would they continue to hold on to them and be a productive member of our society? If anyone answers “yes” to that question, then we need to focus on ways of finding these folks and pulling them out of the rubble they live under each day.
I don’t have the answers to feeding the 1 billion people that are starving right now. I do have food in the refrigerator and cabinets to feed 1 or 2 of these people and could provide them with a meal for a day. I don’t have the answers to solving America’s homeless problem, but I do see where the focus needs to take place. We need some type of panel that would bring the homeless people off of our streets and in to a building where we can record their names, the goals, and if they want to have a better life or not. For each one the panel believes is willing to become a productive member of society again or just for the first time; then they would be giving a “college like dorm” to live in. From here we could monitor these folks as we gave them food, shelter, and the opportunity to fill a role in life. Some homeless people may have a direction they would want to take with a job or career and we could provide him/her with the tools to succeed. For those that didn’t have any direction, we could give them a list of jobs/roles that needed filled in the community and then provide them with the tools to succeed.
So where do we get the money? People? Housing? To start programs like this? I believe we take care of our own and this should fall in the lap of everyone. The United States of America does have homeless people living in their country. I think a small amount of funds should be made available at the national level. We have homeless people living in my state of Georgia. The State should provide a small amount of funds to the residents in Georgia. I know there are homeless people living in Fulton County. The county should provide a small amount of funds for the people living in Fulton County. There are homeless people in the streets of Atlanta. I think the City of Atlanta should provide a small amount of funds to the people of Atlanta. From there we get into the neighborhoods and people living in an Atlanta neighborhood should get together and help their neighbors out and especially the ones that don’t have a home. Once you get all of this money from various places, it just becomes a matter of turning it into a business that is profitable to the people that run it. I will run a shelter for the homeless and monitor them and record their names and goals in life. I will find the people that want to make a change in life that are currently homeless now and I’m sure there are others willing to help too.
Just look at the money we could have available to a homeless person living in Atlanta, Georgia.
1. Federal Government
2. State
3. County
4. City
5. Neighborhood
5 streams of income that should be coming in to provide a homeless person living in Atlanta, Georgia a chance to make a change in their life. We aren’t wasting the money when a homeless person takes our handouts and still wants to remain a bum. These are human beings and any of us could wake up homeless tomorrow. If we do wake up tomorrow with a home to live in and food on the table; then we should do more to help others have the same luxuries as we do tomorrow. If we don’t start getting these homeless off the streets now, it’s just going to continue to get worse and soon we will all be homeless and there won’t be anyone left to help. Yes, let’s take care of our own and it begins in the neighborhoods and cities in our country.
Popularity: 1% [?]