First I wish to start by saying this project has had a tremendous impact on me and a new restored faith for the future of humanity. Once you read this eBook, I hope you will also feel the same. You see, recently after the Online Think Tank was rapping up a research report and action plan for the poverty stricken urban slums of Nairobi, Kenya we quickly realized that even if the plan were implemented tomorrow; 100s of thousands of people would die before it was completed.
There the problems and shear numbers of HIV/AIDS infected people are living surrounded by ditches filled with raw sewage; it was a challenge to attempt to put together any sort of solution. It indeed takes its toll on the psyche and the reality of what should be done is really unthinkable. One slum has 800,000 people living in less than a 2.8 square mile area.
While at an all time mental low after confronting the challenges and facing the reality head-on in Africa, I glanced at a headline in a US Today Newspaper in the lobby of the hotel and I noticed Jenna Bush was announcing her new book about a single mom in Panama living with HIV. Jenna is putting a real human face on the problems after spending time as an intern for UNICEF in Central America. The very next day I began my research.
Then not more than a few hours after starting this project and seeing the enormity of this undertaking; a fellow writer, Dr. Nathalie Fiset from Canada contacted me and told of her medical mission trip to Honduras. The more I dug into the data the more I was amazed at the number of volunteers and the amount of work that has been going into helping in Central America from so many different groups with niche focuses all working together towards a common cause.
There are religious, non-profits and medical professionals alike all giving a 110% effort there. For more than two-decades volunteers from North America are making a difference, a huge difference. These countless volunteers and organizations have been working tirelessly to not only keep up with the challenges, but also lay a foundation for the future.
The People of North America are rising to the occasion to make a better life for those who live in the Western Hemisphere, while in other places around the world many people turn a blind eye to what is going on in their own back yard, in their own nations and on their side of the world.
I would invite you to read all the eBooks in this series and you are invited to read them for free in the Online Think Tank Reading Room. It is time the World knew what was going on and what "WE" are going to do about it.
The volunteers who go on these missions are the true heroes of humanity and their work, determination and powerful perseverance is proof positive that in the present period we can potentially wipe out human poverty. As you read this eBook, I would like you to think about all the hard work that is being done, all the donations and all the volunteers, then ask yourself;
What Can I Do to Help Make Difference in Honduras?There are so many things that we work on in our own communities and these are our first priorities, as this is where we live and work and where our own children grow up. Yet so many of us take it for granted that we live in the greatest civilization ever created in the history of humankind. It is time to look outside this bubble and look around and then look in the mirror and ask what we can do for the children of the World. Please Think on It.
