16.2.23

People help the people

Idag höjde jag summan pÄ det jag betalar till UN:s WFP. SnÀlla betala Àven ni en lite summa varje mÄnad till nÄn organisation, som du vet att du kan lita pÄ. Jag skÀms att jag betalar sÄ lite. Men ÀndÄ fÄr jag svar dÀrfrÄn att min lilla gÄva hjÀlper.

SÄhÀr stÄr 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 TĂŒrkiye 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 nĂ€r jag inser vilka egoistiska, elaka, dumma, irriterande, oförstĂ„ndiga, kyliga, bittra vi mĂ€nniskor Ă€r. Speciellt nĂ€r vi bor i ett land med fred och borde bara sĂ„ enormt tacksamma och glada. Vi har mat pĂ„ bordet och frihet att röra oss. Trygghet. 
Och ÀndÄ sÄ Àr vi bittra!!!!

Vi har ett krig som pÄgÄr, var mÀnniskor tvingats fly eller lever i misÀr. Och för att inte tala om jordbÀvningen, fattigdomen i vÀrlden och allt elÀnde det orsakar.... medan vi hÀr hemma gnÀller för att vi inte har en bÀttre telefon, bÀttre jobb, bÀttre allt....det Àr sÄ uselt att jag skÀms!!

Det Ă€r dessa saker som skrĂ€mmer mig!! Hur lĂ€nge har vi rĂ€tt, att ha det sĂ„hĂ€r bra, dĂ„ vi int inser hur  lyckosamma vi Ă€r! För nog kĂ€nns det minsann att vi lever pĂ„ grĂ€nsen. Vi mĂ€nniskor, det kan bara inte vara sĂ„hĂ€r lĂ€tt för oss!! Att vi lever sĂ„hĂ€r, helt kyligt stela och int bryr oss i det som kallas omtĂ€nksamhet och kĂ€rlek. 



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