每年有超过1200万的儿童在5岁前死去,其中许多不到一岁就夭折了。为了更好的理解这个数字,5岁前夭折的儿童平均每2.6秒钟一个,每分钟23个,每小时有1384个,每天有33000多个。
(Every year, over 12 million young children die before reaching their fifth birthday, many perish during their first year of life. To put this number into perspective, one child dies before their fifth birthday approximately every 2.6 seconds, or almost 33,000 per day.
What is really terrible is that most of these deaths are not caused by starvation or natural disasters - most of these children are dying because of a few diseases and conditions that are preventable or curable for mere pennies. )
每天有24,000人死于饥饿,即每3.6秒钟有一人饿死。其中有75%的比例是5岁以前的儿童。
贫穷是饥饿的缘由,世界上20%的最富裕人口比最贫困人口消费的肉多10倍,消费鱼的量多6倍。
每年需要130亿美元就可以救济世界上的赤贫人口,当然这不是一个小数字。但是我们来对比一下这个事实,每年在美国和欧洲有180亿美元用于购买猫食狗粮。
(24,000 people die from hunger every day, or one life lost every 3.6 seconds. Three-fourths of the deaths are children under the age of five.
The primary victims of hunger are the world's poor. The richest twenty percent eat 11 times as much meat and 7 times as much fish as the poorest twenty percent.
It would take 13 billion dollars a year to end hunger for the Earth's poorest citizens. Of course that is not a trivial amount of money. But consider this fact: Every year, 18 billion dollars is spent on pet food in the United States and Europe. )
20 donations for cancer research 为癌症研究捐献20次
10 cups of food for the hungry 为饥民捐献10杯固体食物
5 hours of shelter for the homeless 为无家可归人士提供5个小时的住宿
20 pencils for education 为贫困儿童提供20支铅笔
250 square feet of rainforest 保护250平方英尺的热带雨林
3.3 servings of vaccine for children 为贫困儿童提供3.3支牛痘疫苗
20 donations for AIDS research 为艾滋病研究捐献20次
20 donations for the arts 为艺术研究捐献20次
每天做完这些事情,心中十分欢喜。
我曾经劝过很多好朋友,让大家都来加入慈善点击:很多朋友成为了热情的参与者;
也有些朋友说:太忙,没时间。
我说,再忙我们也没有耽误吃饭睡觉,再忙也没耽误我们玩电脑聊天打游戏,再忙也不会连五到十分钟也没有吧。
孟子说:非不能也,是不为也。
有些朋友说:可能是骗局吧。
我说:真布施不怕假和尚。真心行善,多想什么????
慈善点击是一些有善心的工商企业出钱为我们建立的一个平台,他们布施钱财,我们布施时间,一起把善事做起来有何不可?还有许多机构的监督,比如国际最好的调查公司--AC尼尔森等等。
有人说:都是外国的,中国的少!
我说:爱不分南北中西,善不分贫贱富贵,人不分男女老少,钱不分多少。在行善积德帮助别人上还分什么中国外国,还谈什么民族主义吗?!
孔子说:天下大同。
佛说:六道众生,一律平等。
而且中国的慈善项目也在迅速增多。
有人讲,是英语的,我看不懂。其实只要点击慈善点击网站的图标,就可以出现一个英文网页,不用管他,点击网页中的 “CLICK HERE”, 就会 出现“Thank you ”的字样,就大功告成了。我们点击的次数就被统计下来,慈善点击就完成了。