Today is Blog Action Day and the topic is Poverty and I’ve cringed at the idea of writing something about the subject ever since I heard what it would be.
I sure hope you don’t mind if I’m real here because I’m not sure that I can honestly say I care about Poverty.
I can say I know about it.
I can say I don’t like it.
I can say I wish it didn’t exist.
But to be completely truthful – I have done N O T H I N G about it in ages.
So can I really say that I care about it?
With eye stinging shame – I realize that I can’t.
If you care about an issue you will do something about it. You won’t just think about it – you’ll take action.
I suppose that is what Blog Action Day is about – reminding people to take action on something so important. The website say “We aim to raise awareness, initiate action and to shake the web!“
It has definitely raised my awareness – and shaken me. Now to decide how to take action.
I poked around the Kiva website – but I’m not familiar with how it all works and wonder if I wouldn’t rather take some action that would help a single mom closer to home.
As a single mom, I had a few years of living under the poverty line – though my Michigan, USA brand of poverty is certainly not comparable to what most the world deals with. Still – I naturally have a heart for other moms who are in the situation I used to be in – perhaps even more so for those who have special challenges that make digging out of poverty harder.
I would love to hear your ideas about how I could DO SOMETHING to help a single mom in financial crisis.