Our World

Speech is read while “dare you to move” by switchfoot plays in the background http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkFQ3w9VXNM&feature=related

If the world were a village,

If we all were condensed into one small community where
80 live in substandard housing
67 are unable to read
50 are malnourished and 1 dying of starvation
33 are without access to a safe water supply
39 lack access to improved sanitation
24 do not have any electricity (And of the 76 that do
have electricity, most would only use it for light at night.)
7 people have access to the Internet
1 has a college education
1 has HIV
3 are slaves

Would you help?

Said softly but powerfully:

If your grandma did not have a house, if your sister was malnourished, if your parents were slaves… would you help?

More agitated, with emphasis on underlined words:

Why are the people across the ocean, or the continent, or even across the state so different?

Why can we just ignore them? Because they do not have a voice? Because we don’t have to look at them? Because we have never meet them?

Now almost angry:

Why can we fall asleep at night with a full stomach and a happy conscience while PEOPLE, real people die?

More calm:

They aren’t another species; they have arms and legs and faces and even hearts just like ours.

Rising louder:

They hurt just as much as we do, they can feel as much as we can, they are our family.

Softly: And yet, and yet… there are still people dying and there are still babies crying.

Powerfully:

Could you do more to help them ?

Would you do more if you had met them?

Will you do more?

Music fades out


*Facts about the “World Village” from: http://www.familycare.org/news/if_the_world.htm*