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Little drops of water, Little grains of sand (1)
- Farhat N Amir (10 January 2005)
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Farhat N Amir, Senior House Officer Department of General Surgery, Warrington Hospital, Lovely Lane, Warrington, Cheshire. WA5 1QG
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Success is a habit. And relieving the world of poverty means changing people’s habits. Changing the habits of the people on both sides of the poverty line –of each of the six billion (2) people of the world. It is a revolution we are talking about. It is heartening to know that the prominent people are getting actively involved. They really have the power to spearhead a revolution but it takes individuals to actually make it work at the point of delivery. Revolution means working at the very grass roots. Making good policies in the three core areas (3): Trade justice, dropping the debt and delivering more and better aid will certainly make things better. In addition, I think we can do a lot as individuals too. If our individual and family needs are being met, we can ‘adopt’ a family and really become a part of it to guide and financially support their very specific needs. The ultimate aim should be to make them so independent, self-sufficient, that we ourselves become redundant for them. If we can educate or help make one person stand on their own feet, they can carry on our work to help others in their family. We may move on to adopt another family. It needs some amount of sensitivity and considering ourselves as beneficiaries and thus, as benefactors of a global community. It is not an act of charity -it is our duty. (1) http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/l/l174.html (2) http://www.census.gov/ipc/prod/wp02/wp-02003.pdf (3) http://www.makepovertyhistory.com/mediacentre.html (Please click on manifesto) Competing interests: None declared |
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