CHARITIES, Charite, Caridad, Nächstenliebe - Save the Children and MSF

Hi!
All good? That's good!
But do you know how many people live in unimaginable horrors and terrors?
Even I don't know, but an incident made me think about it...



What happened is that I went to a high school/college, because we had to have a "bite" of which line we are going to choose in the future. I was over the moon...the day couldn't be better in any ways. I was going from the college to home then I suddenly saw a beggar. apparently, she wore a torn old jumper, trouser and a hat. She had a picture of Christ in her 7 eleven glass. "It is something different with her", I thought. I usually don't look at beggars. I just look forward, but this time it was different. Usually, the beggars look at you and beg in their language, but she didn't. Instead of doing that, she looked down. I saw her once and moved on. And then I stopped. "I won't become poor if I give her some kroners", I thought. I checked my pocket and found 10 kroners. I went back and gave her 10 kroners. She looked up and became so happy as if I have given her 1 million kroners. She touched my head and said something in her language that I didn't understand. My already happy day became happier.


I went home and did my homework. I had to read a chapter before my English class. Coincidently, the chapter's name was "helping hands". It was about organizations and people who help people in need. The first site of the chapter is about:

MSF - Médecins Sans Frontières

MSF(French: Médecins Sans Frontières, English: Doctors Without Borders) is a French-founded non-profitable, neutral and an independent organization. People who critically need help get help no matter what country, political party or religion they belong to. Approximately, 32 000 people work for MSF. They are doctors, nurses and psychologists, as well as people who work in laboratories and administration. These people are there, in the middle of catastrophes.



MSF provided help in 71 countries in 2012.
MSF spent 944 million euros:
81% - was spent on humanitarian activities
19% - was spent on management and fundraising
Numbers taken from www.msf.org




Many people question that where did the money go? Well, here is the statistics.




I asked my teacher about how much the workers get, for being there, sometimes without electricity, in countries where it's so warm. And where it's big chances to get sick or even be killed! My teacher said that they get approximately 20 000 kroners or 2410 euros and it's enough to survive.

Save The Children

This is what war does to children:
Stand #WithSyria




Save The Children was established in the United Kingdom in 1919. Save The Children is an international non-governmental organization that promotes children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries. They want to improve the lives of children through better education, health care, and economic opportunities, as well as providing emergency aid in natural disasters, war, and other conflicts.




Save The Children give children in 120 countries support for health, education and protection.
Hats off for changing 125 millions lives.


"Emergency Responnders, Save the Children would like you to join our global team of highly skilled Humanitarian Professionals whose passion and mission is to deliver rapid, high-impact programming in emergency response to achieve inspiring and dramatic change for children. Standard deployments include individuals with functional expertise in Operations, Logistics, Media, Proposal & Grants, Human Resources, Finance, Communications, Security, Technical Programmes, Education and Monitoring and Evaluation"
- Save The Children

"Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor people for helping us us to love God better because of them"
- Mother Teresa

There are many organizations who work for humans, and I'm extremely sorry, because I couldn't write about them. I did more Research than this! So, the story I told you in the beginning was a very, very, very small contribution in front of what these great people do. I wish that I can do a little more to make a difference.

-Ritika Jaswal

Celebrities-Bad role models?

Hi readers!
How are you?

Well, we all have our role models, our idols. In today's post, we are going to talk about celebrities who are bad rolemodels for youngsters.

When our young celebrities start their carrier, they are themselves, but when they start "growing up"...then some of them get messed up! They start consuming drugs and so on. WHY? Is it so difficult to be in the limelight? What is happening to our new generation? Are these celebrities capable of being our rolemodels?
From Miley Cyrus to Justin Bieber, good role models can go bad. Sometimes celebrities attract headlines in such a negative fashion that it's really hard to explain their wild antics to kids who've looked upon them.

Positive Influences

Teens who idolize a celebrity who doesn't give in to such pressures as weight and drugs will likely benefit from their obsession. If your child chooses someone who gives to charity, dresses appropriately, is on television or the news because of her good deeds and doesn't get caught drunk in public, the influence on your child is probably positive. The celebrity might motivate and inspire him to give back to his community, do well in school and stay out of trouble.

Negative Influences

While a celebrity can have a good influence on your child, negative impacts are pretty likely, too. In fact, some teens are more likely to listen to the words of their favorite celebrities than their own parents, according to an article in "Renew" magazine by Barbara Theodosiou, founder of the Addict's Mom organization. Many celebrities don't make a secret of alcohol or drug abuse and the glamorization of dying due to an overdose in the media might make your child feel that using these substances is acceptable. Celebrities who are super skinny and always dressed to the nines can alter your child's self image and might contribute to an eating disorder or low self-esteem.

Source: http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/effects-celebrity-role-models-kids-teens-3521.html

I have made a top 3list which is called "Celebrities-bad role models?"

Miley Cyrus



We have listed Miley Cyrus as the worst role model. Miley Cyrus was once Disney's most loved character (Hannah Montana). Miley Cyrus's fan base was big when she played the leading role in Hannah Montana, but now it's the opposite.she is a terrible influence. Here are some reasons:

1. She Has No Respect For Rules Or Guidelines
Miley reportedly parked in a handicap parking space while out to buy milkshakes. Not only is this against the law, but it shows great lack of character and concern for those who might need that spot! This is just one example of many that proves Miley Cyrus has no respect nor bothers to worry about others feelings or needs.
Source: http://allwomenstalk.com/7-reasons-why-miley-cyrus-is-not-a-good-role-model

2. Miley Cyrus' performance at VMA awards
The "things" at the VMA Awards was inappropriate of her to do.

3. She dresses inappropriately
Miley Cyrus' dresses were once modest, fashionable and cute. And now, her dresses are not "respectable".

4. She consumes marijuana, but hasn't confessed it yet!

The reasons are many, but the point is that Mile Cyrus is not a good role models.

Chris Brown

We listed Chris Brown as the second worst role model. Chris Brown beat his girlfriend Rihanna after an argument in 2009.
This is something that is just not acceptable! Respect for women is something everyone should learn in their upbringing.
We don't want people to show disrespect towards women! And therefor we don't want any singer or celebrity to teach small kids or youngsters such things!




Justin Bieber



Justin Bieber has been arrested because of drug use and drunk driving. It's sad to see a star with so many fans be such a bad person! The scary part is that he has many young fans (under 9) who really see upon him. What will they think about him? The one who should be concerned about it is Justin Bieber! He ruined himself. He was on the top, but now...
I was never a beliber, but I respected him for making me believing that dreams can come true, but I don't think that I will respect him if he continuous to do such stupid mistakes, and I'm not the only one who thinks so.
Many people say that he's doing what a 19-year-old boy would have done. Excuse me, I know many people who are 19 and even older than that who have never acted in that way.

- Ritika Jaswal