Thursday, April 18, 2013

More Children in Greece are Going Hungry

This article makes notice of the economic crisis in Greece. The Greek economy is greatly falling and their is currently a 27% unemployment rate!!! People are getting laid off and no new jobs are being created. It is always sad to hear about children going to school hungry and even more-so when the children are asking their classmates for their leftovers at lunch. In Greece children must take money everyday to buy what they want for lunch because the government does not pay their lunch for them like we do here. Is the crisis in Greece something we should be concerned about? YES!!! This could be us in a decade. Our economy is not exactly getting better. We need to help others that way if we are ever in a crisis such as theirs they will not have to think twice about helping us out. We could easily donate to an organization in Greece that could help solve this issue.161 I know volunteering  for this cause would be a difficult task to ask of people but the least we could do is support by giving what we can. It would even be a great idea if fundraisers were held to earn money for the families in Greece that are unemployed or economically disadvantaged. Most of us would agree that our economy is bad but just imagine an economy where 27% of the population is unemployed. It is usually the little things that we do which can make a major impact in the lives of others.
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  1. UnknownApril 18, 2013 at 10:18 PM

    Here is the link to the article:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/world/europe/more-children-in-greece-start-to-go-hungry.html?src=me&ref=general&_r=0

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  2. UnknownApril 22, 2013 at 2:21 PM

    Its interesting how people put more attention to countries that are bigger like Greece but dont notice those in Central America; for example Nicaragua. Nicaragua is a beautiful country with one of the best beach in the world but the poverty is massive. Children that are lucky go to school with less than 30 US cents and their only meal they have is a milk that costs 15 cents. Many of those children have turn out to be clever children but no one ever pays attention to them. I think is a great idea as well to go and explore those kids out there because we never know what they can be capable of.

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  3. UnknownApril 30, 2013 at 5:12 PM

    Alex, I hear what you are saying about the current issues in Greece. It is sad to hear about hungry children but you don’t have to go to Greece to find that kind of situation. The United States has many hungry children who go through the same type of scenario. What I fail to understand is why everybody wants to help out every other country in the world yet leave our destitute to fend for themselves. Although I feel bad for Greece, I think it is our duty to take care of our own first then try to accommodate other countries. The United States is not the world’s police or lending institution for any country that needs help. Which country gives us money unconditionally? Maybe we need to focus a little more on ourselves in order to get us back to the superpower we once were then we can look at humanitarian aid for foreign countries. It’s just a thought.

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