An Introduction

Young boy looting, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Darfur portraits

Beslan school siege, Russia

Aids orphan, South Africa

U.S. marine in ambush, Ar Ramadi, Iraq

Refugee woman cares for her son,

Darfur

Iranian immigrant in

protest against proposed

Dutch asylum laws

Netherlands

Inside tornadoes, Germany

China; factory for the world

A question remains.

Are these our issues?

Consider the following…

In 1 year we buy $18 billion of make-up

But…

Reproductive health care for all women in

the world would cost only $12

billion.

In Europe and United States they spend $17 billion on pet food

annually

But…

Elimination of hunger

and malnutrition

globally would cost

only $19 billion.

Globally we spend $15 billion on perfumes

But…

Universal literacy would cost only $5 billion.

Globally we spend $14 billion on ocean cruises

But…

Clean drinking water for all would cost $10 billion.

Europeans spend $11 billion on ice cream every year

But…

immunizing every child on the planet would cost $1.3 billion.

I’ll ask again…

Are theses our issues?