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1. Only the best will do! Wishes and dreams for the little ones.

2. A dream home… … in a picturesque and safe environment.

3. Will this do ? A prime site. Right in the city of LA!

4. Abundance of nutritious food … … you need to grow.

5. The food camp is a kilometer away. Did he make it?

6. All the clothes you can pick to keep you warm and make your day. Happy with these, dear?

7. Are the children happy in Kibera ? What do you think?

8. Let’s find new stimulations for your developing brain .

9. Let’s see where they can find them …

10. Clean water… … to appreciate life with.

11. A place for sanitation and cleaning. When there are no other options…

12. The best care for your sniffles .

13. Nigerian orphanage in the late 1960’s. Children and a nurse attendant. The best care, possible.

14. The highest education … … that money can buy .

15. What education? They have to beg for food .

16. ENVIRONMENTAL: climate change, exhaustion of soil fertility and decline of agricultural yields, depletion of natural resources… ECONOMICS: increase in world oil prices, pushed up price of grain, high unemployment rate, brain drain… HEALTH CARE: lack or poor access to affordable health… development trap the cycle of change… What are the causes of poverty ?

17. What about effectiveness of governments ? the cycle of change continues… Overpopulation Illegal Immigration High Crime Rates Discrimination : gender, racial, caste… Corruption$ Conflicts War

20. We have been warned … To a man with an empty stomach food is God. ~Gandhi

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22. Society comprises two classes: those who have more food than appetite, and those who have more appetite than food. ~Sébastien-Roch Nicholas de Chamfort, Maximes Share Donate Contribute Give

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