Blog Action Day: What 10KD means to you

October 15, 2008

Here are some things you can do with 10KD:

• 2 or 3 trips to the gas station.
• A full meal at Fridays, Applebees, Chili’s.. etc.
• Half, or even less than half of a pair of jeans, a shirt, or accessory.
• A small fraction of a phone bill (average is around 50KD a month I’m assuming)
• 3 trips to the cinema alone, or one trip including popcorn and drinks with a snack.
• Half or two thirds the price of a DVD movie.

Here are some other things you can do with 10KD:

• Buy some (minimal) groceries.
• Buy lots and lots of small sandwiches.
• Buy lots and lots of bread.
• Buy lots and lots of drinking water.
• Buy (mostly) lots and lots of sweets.

The price and usefulness of each item varies. You can buy a lot of stuff with that amount of money. You can do something even greater with only 10KD, something much bigger, better, and more effective. You can make a difference in someone’s life. You can help someone live, learn, eat, and give them shelter.. with only 10KD.

What you can do is, sponsor a child. Bait Alzakat will give you the opportunity to sponsor a child (Kafalat yateem) for only 10KD a month. Imagine the difference you will make in someone’s life with such a small expense.

The issue of poverty is a never ending issue. There will always be people who are in poverty, and we who do not have a chance to extend a helping hand.

Today’s Blog Action Day topic is Poverty. Find out what other people are saying about poverty around the world by going to http://blogactionday.org/.

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