So how about it Daily Kos? Have a minute? Care enough to click? I know you do.
The need could not be more urgent. 29,000 children under the age of 5 starved to death during the last 90 days in East Africa. Hundreds of thousands more are at risk of meeting the same fate.
Someone once said to me that the worst sight in the world was a hungry mother trying to nurse a hungry, crying baby. In East Africa, and particularly Somalia, this is the scenario being played out each day now.
Mothers and fathers, having literally run out of options when it comes to providing the basics for their children, are burying them instead of being able to nurture them.
But there IS something you can do about it right here, right now.
For every recommendation that this diary receives, our amazing boatsie, TiMT, Oke and rfall, and joanbrooker, will each make a donation.
$1 match for every rec this diary receives by 10PM
Hopes to be Reporting LIVE from Durban @COP17 ...
by boatsie on Mon Aug 08, 2011 at 02:25:06 PM EDT
Awesome and I will add $0.25 per rec. :) thx.
...We have many more issues that bind us together than separate us!
by ThisIsMyTime on Mon Aug 08, 2011 at 02:53:11 PM EDT
Although I have donated I see in the comments that
this is very personal for you.
There's no way I cannot donate here for you.
1.01 for each rec up to $ 202.00 from me and rfall.
It's your victories that give you your confidence but it's your setbacks that give you your character. -Van Jones
by Oke on Mon Aug 08, 2011 at 03:41:24 PM EDT
......I'll also donate .50 for the first 200 donations.......
by joanbrooker on Mon Aug 08, 2011 at 05:55:01 PM EDT
Your rec, and if you can, your donation, will help feed and shelter the starving children of East Africa. Your rec, and donation will save babies' lives, and their parents' hearts.
Please, do you have a minute? Can you help? Will you help save a child's life? All you have to do is go here and rec TiMT's diary. Please. The babies need you.