16.2.23

People help the people

Idag höjde jag summan på det jag betalar till UN:s WFP. Snälla betala även ni en lite summa varje månad till nån organisation, som du vet att du kan lita på. Jag skäms att jag betalar så lite. Men ändå får jag svar därfrån att min lilla gåva hjälper.

Såhär står det i mailet:

Dear Carina,

You may remember my message a short time ago. It was about the devastating impact of the global food crisis on the world’s most vulnerable people.

Eleven-month-old Ahmed is among them. He lives in Somalia, where conflict and the longest drought in 40 years have pushed people to the brink.

With your support, we have been doing everything possible to keep famine at bay, but the situation remains critical.

People are dying. My colleagues on the ground have told me about children who do not survive the journey to find help.

With your regular gift, you are providing a lifeline to people facing hunger globally. You helped scale up our work to reach record numbers in 2022 – over 140 million people.

But we’re already being called on to do more in 2023 – especially with emergencies like the recent earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria, which left many thousands of people without a home and facing hunger.

With food prices at a 10-year high, the coming months will be a time of extreme jeopardy for people around the world who are struggling to feed their families.

WFP’s Early Warning Watch List is showing a high risk of new crises in Sudan, Ethiopia and the Central African Republic.

Your regular gift shows your commitment to fighting hunger. Month-by-month, you provide vital on-going support for lifesaving programmes. But the number of people facing acute hunger is increasing. So is the cost of delivering lifesaving food assistance.

In the months ahead, you could enable one more child like Ahmed, one more family, or one more community, to receive the lifesaving food assistance they need to survive.

I can’t finish without thanking you once more. Your support is critically important at this time, and a great source of hope. Whatever your decision today, we’re grateful to you for being part of our team and sharing our commitment to fighting hunger.

With my best wishes,
Halcyon Garrett 
UN World Food Programme 


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Ibland tappar jag verkligen modet när jag inser vilka egoistiska, elaka, dumma, irriterande, oförståndiga, kyliga, bittra vi människor är. Speciellt när vi bor i ett land med fred och borde bara så enormt tacksamma och glada. Vi har mat på bordet och frihet att röra oss. Trygghet. 
Och ändå så är vi bittra!!!!

Vi har ett krig som pågår, var människor tvingats fly eller lever i misär. Och för att inte tala om jordbävningen, fattigdomen i världen och allt elände det orsakar.... medan vi här hemma gnäller för att vi inte har en bättre telefon, bättre jobb, bättre allt....det är så uselt att jag skäms!!

Det är dessa saker som skrämmer mig!! Hur länge har vi rätt, att ha det såhär bra, då vi int inser hur  lyckosamma vi är! För nog känns det minsann att vi lever på gränsen. Vi människor, det kan bara inte vara såhär lätt för oss!! Att vi lever såhär, helt kyligt stela och int bryr oss i det som kallas omtänksamhet och kärlek. 



God knows what is hiding in those weak and drunken heartsGuess you kissed the girls and made them cryThose hard-faced Queens of misadventureGod knows what is hiding in those weak and sunken eyesFiery throngs of muted angelsGiving love but getting nothing back, oh
People help the peopleAnd if your homesick, give me your hand and I'll hold itPeople help the peopleNothing will drag you downOh, and if I had a brain, oh, and if I had a brainI'd be cold as a stone and rich as the foolThat turned all those good hearts away
God knows what is hiding in this world of little consequenceBehind the tears, inside the liesA thousand slowly dying sunsetsGod knows what is hiding in those weak and drunken heartsGuess the loneliness came knockingNo one needs to be alone or sinking
People help the peopleAnd if your homesick, give me your hand and I'll hold itPeople help the peopleNothing will drag you downOh, and if I had a brain, Oh, and if I had a brainI'd be cold as a stone and rich as the foolThat turned, all those good hearts away
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, oohNah, nah, nah, nah, nah, ooh
People help the peopleAnd if your homesick, give me your hand and I'll hold itPeople help the peopleNothing will drag you downOh, and if I had a brain, Oh, and if I had a brainI'd be cold as a stone and rich as the foolThat turned all those good hearts away