child labor

Last night, sitting down to fold the laundry kindly left by my beautiful, busy wife, I turned on UEN and watched a chilling story on child labor, called Stolen Childhoods. 220 million children worldwide are unable to attend school because of 12+ hours a day of hard labor: digging through landfills, stranded on isolated fishing docks, working at rock quarries, coffee plantations, sweat shops... It was eye-opening.

An estimated $8 billion a year could help them back to school. If that seems like a lot, the $40 billion a year we spend of golf puts it in perspective! I wonder if Bill G. has looked at this?

Someday I want to get heavily involved with a non-profit that helps improve health, educational, and economic opportunities. Helping children, especially, seems like a way to make a difference.

starting...

Thank you Janell (my love), Todd&Katie and others who helped me start this: connecting with others and sharing ideas through a blog.