The One Campaign is currently undertaking the education of children in Africa. This organization is stressing the important role of education in allowing people to rise out of poverty and into hope. A child in Africa can be educated for as little as $20 dollars a year with the help of this organization. Educated students in these nations will provide opportunities and advances their family members never dreamed of. How can anyone in their right mind not see that education is the key to alleviating the suffering in the poorest of nations?
The Mission Statement of The One Campaign
"WE BELIEVE that in the best American tradition of helping others help themselves, now is the time to join with other countries in a historic pact for compassion and justice to help the poorest people of the world overcome AIDS and extreme poverty.
WE RECOGNIZE that a pact including such measures as fair trade, debt relief, fighting corruption and directing additional resources for basic needs - education, health, clean water, food, and care for orphans - would transform the futures and hopes of an entire generation in the poorest countries, at a cost equal to just one percent more of the US budget.
WE COMMIT ourselves - one person, one voice, one vote at a time - to make a better, safer world for all."
Wednesday, June 08, 2005
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I'm disappointed no one commented on the importance of education to aliviate poverty, or do we all agree?
OK, I'll comment.
I think the biggest travesty in our help of 3rd world nations was the UN knuckling under to the pressure of right wing Christians. The UN WAS utilizing the services of Planned Parenthood to provide birth control education and devices to these nations. Right wing Christians pressured them into dropping Planned Parenthood because they "advocate" abortion. How ignorant!
We can't educate anybody if they are too busy trying to feed their overly large families, by selling their children into child labor.
We do need to teach these people to "fish", so they are able to feed their families. Then their children will have the free time to get an education, which will ultimately free them!
Tshsmom -
Aid should never be dependant on religion or religious beliefs. Thanks for the comment. I know this post is a little off my general stream, but all kids deserve an education, no matter where they are.
ABSOLUTELY!!
Religion aside, why promote abortion instead of sterilization? If they already have large families that they cannot afford to take care of, why not send doctors to tie tubes/perform vasectomies?
What's the difference between aborting an 7-8 month old fetus and abandoning a 2 month old infant on a mountain?
I don't think anyone is suggesting, especially in this orgainization, that abortion in the seventh or eighth month is an option, nor that anyone's tubes should be tied without their express consent. Making birth control options available to people in such abject poverty is probably the best way to go, though many Christian groups refuse to do so, partially causing the problem.
To my knowledge, abortion was not part of this plan. Education and birth control methods were distributed.
Cultural issues often prevent any discussion of sterilization. Contraception is often viewed as evil. Thirty yrs ago in India many women were going to free clinics to have an IUD inserted. Rumors started, saying that the man's penis would be trapped by the IUD. Result; no more IUDs! We need to handle contraception with great sensitivity when introducing it to 3rd World Nations.
The reason Planned Parenthood was banned was because they aren't AGAINST abortion. I have had MANY friends who were counseled by Planned Parenthood and NONE of them ever had abortion mentioned to them.
I'm all for education. I've very involved in the Christian community and know of few denominations that are against birth control. Abortion is another matter.
I went to Planned Parenthood as a teen. For birth control originally, and they gave it to me, knowing that I had many health problems, that should have precluded me taking birth control pills, especially without my doctor's knowledge.
I also went there at age 18, pregnant. I was counselled to abort. I asked about adoption and unwed parenting support (this was in the very late 80's). I was given a number for Social Services to look into those options and told it would be easier to abort. Social Services guided me back to Planned Parenthood.
So maybe things have changed, but that was my experience. And I have a friend who had a similar experience in the mid 90's in a different state.
So, I disagree, Planned Parenthood does have serious ties with abortion. But I don't have any
issues with them helping with birth control education.
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