Blog Action Day 2008: Poverty

Oct 16, 2008 00:50


As part of Blog Day 2008 (http://blogactionday.org/) the theme is “Poverty” to write on. If you're reading this today (or likely even later you can!) I recommend checking out the website and maybe writing a few words about it yourself. :)

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Hello! ext_128013 October 15 2008, 17:17:29 UTC
Dear friend,

You fortunately have never lived in poverty but I'm sure there are poor people also in Australia because poverty exists everywhere. It may be impossible to see poor, hungry and ill people like in Africa but there are certainly people in need also in Australia.

Best regards,

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Re: Hello! lijago October 16 2008, 03:21:12 UTC
Hello,

Thanks for your comment. I realize that poverty exists everywhere - it's just through my work with Engineers Without Borders that I've heard a lot about Africa. And I was also trying to get across that the poor there are so much happier than most people in Canada or Australia - rich or poor.

Cheers
Jill

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