Last week I wrote a story about a church organization called Mosaic that helps by giving something to an African village in Uganda. What they gave was a necessity such a basic thing that is so important it could mean life or death for so many people. It’s a primary need and everybody has a right to it, what’s sad is that people do not always have access to it. This “something” is water. Everybody deserves food, water and shelter. Another unpleasant fact of life is that a lot of people are left without these resources even though they could be easily given.
Water is also a first focus when you are trying to help a less fortunate area because if there is disease in the water then it spreads to the people. It’s like how water conducts electricity. If you electrify water while there is something in it, whatever is in it will be electrocuted. Since the people drink water with disease in it they are most likely going to get the disease themselves. At that point the water being the source of the disease, the only way to stop it is to clean the water (which is what Mosaic did by cleaning the water with filters). Once the source of the disease is gone it can’t spread anymore. The fact of the matter is that you can’t prevent the disease to the people without fixing the problem at the source
Giving these people wells also saves them a long trip and gives them more time to do some more constructive things to possibly try to bring their community out of poverty etc.
There are major emotional benefits to helping this charity. The feeling of helping someone less fortunate is like no other. Imagine being one of those people on the helicopter loaded with supplies having the overwhelming feeling about how you’re about to not only save lives but improve them as well. If you have talents you are willing to offer you can try to get on one of the teams of people going to the country with an organization like Mosaic. But you don’t have to help physically. You can also help financially; donating money is definitely a good way to help because sadly these things aren’t cheap. At Mosaic its set up so that people can bring their recycling so that the church can turn in the cans and bottles to get money for it. This is one of the big ongoing fundraisers. Every cent that you donate can be used to help people, which I think is what money should be used for. It should be used to improve the world not for personal gain but for a common interest.
Mosaic is s Christian church with sites all over L.A. (I myself attend the Pasadena gathering) a lot of times the rationale is helping the poorest of the poor like the yearly feeding of the homeless and all the other projects that are happening throughout the year. The well projects along with the other projects are also missionary trips. Mosaic is a community that wants to love there God and spread his name while trying to improve the world even if it is one step at a time. Their website is http:// Mosaic.org
Let's take a look back, shall we, at the first comment I ever left on your blog: "Simpler sentences, shorter paragraphs, and a more clearly defined thesis will make your writing more readable."
ReplyDeleteSimpler sentences: check. Shorter paragraphs: check. Thesis: Actually, the entire first paragraph feels like one big, powerful thesis…but it's not unfocused - just the opposite. It's like those gigantic lasers that generate a broad array of light and then focus it more and more until it's a high-powered beam.
Your topic sentences are clear-cut and show a strong outline. Your writing really has improved.
First -- Sporadic Blogger -- thanks for making my job easier and demonstrating your own fine abilities as a mentor. You are right. The Painter's progress this semester (evident here) has been impressive!
ReplyDeletePainter -- I really like your focus and development here. You've organized your argument well and written with a great deal of persuasive force. But, perhaps even more importantly Painter, when I read this:
"Every cent that you donate can be used to help people, which I think is what money should be used for. It should be used to improve the world not for personal gain but for a common interest."
...it brought tears to my eyes. YES -- that is what money should be used for :) Your strong and admirable sense of compassion rings through here. It's authentic and pure and is invaluable to the persuasive power of this piece.