If preventing further looting is our aim, then as well as addressing the gulf between the haves and the have-nots, I’d take a long hard look at MTV Cribs and similar TV shows that routinely confuse human achievement with the mindless acquisition of gaudy bling bullshit. The media heaves with propaganda promoting sensation and consumption above all else.
Short video taken two weeks ago. Youth in and around North London describe the situation following the closure of youth centres.
Ewan McGregor appeals for the children of Somalia as part of our It’s Time to Share campaign.
What goes on behind the scenes at UNICEF during an emergency.
The plain fact is that corporate profits are the only area of the US economy to recover since 2009. Any other claim is a lie
//** AUG 03 IMPORTANT UPDATE ON SOMALIA FAMINE **//
Today, famine was declared in three new areas of Southern Somalia: in Middle Shabelle, Afgoye, and amongst the displaced community in Mogadishu.
This is a children’s famine. Tens of thousands of children have already died in the last few months.
In some areas, the rate of severe acute malnutrition is so high – at least one in five – that if children don’t get help soon, they will die within weeks.
We are the largest supplier of emergency food in Somalia. This week, 11 flights carrying life-saving nutrition supplies will arrive in Mogadishu.
With therapeutic feeding, a child can fully recuperate within four to six weeks. That means we can save lives if we act now.
Act now to save lives. Please donate.
(Above: On 24 July, a toddler clings to his mother as they queue for a food distribution in the Badbado camp in Mogadishu, the capital. © UNICEF/Kate Holt)
Various condemnations surfacing because their homosexuality isn’t relevant to their heroism, but, and this is key: it may just be relevant to the story going under-reported!
