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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October 15th, 2008 at 9:05 am
Good thought-provoking post.
I read it from the Blog Action Day website.
October 15th, 2008 at 9:37 am
:) loved it..
October 15th, 2008 at 9:37 am
During Ramadan, we really felt what are you saying. I got so many brochures and helped as much as I can. But some organization takes things really over the top by making you feel quite guilty for just being alive.
October 15th, 2008 at 10:39 am
ما قصرت على التذكير
Thank you :)
October 15th, 2008 at 11:28 am
You’re the best Nasser . Nice read .. motivating !
October 15th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
We should do that!
October 15th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
wow its really impressive how a 10KD can work in so many different ways … i mean with some people its just like one KD .. to others its their whole month or half of it …
October 16th, 2008 at 9:34 am
Bu Yousef,
Thanks :)
chika,
Good, glad you did,, spread the word
nebras,
Those organizations are just, well, doing about it wrong, brush it off and keep doing what you are doing
Ra-1,
7ayach Allah! You are welcome :)
Grey,
Thanks, lol @ your post =p
Amethyst,
We will enshalla! :*
NavyGirl,
Exactly, it really is amazing..
October 16th, 2008 at 9:36 am
I love this post.. and I have a sponsered kid I pay for him every year..
October 16th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
true, most people dont understand the value of money; only because we’ve been accustomed to a new standard of things, a global price compared to our local products…
October 16th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
*kiss*
Thank you for posting.
PS: You’re married now, you’ve broken my heart.
October 16th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
wow. just 10 kd?
:( i feel so bad..
thanks for this post N. You always make a difference.
October 17th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
It would be nice to get some numbers on how much can be bought for the poor. Thank you for making a difference and setting an example, it’s a great post!! Sponoring a child, or a family, is proly one of the easiest things to do, since the organizations takes care of everything.
October 20th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Now everyone is talking about the American economy and eclections, nice to read something different. Eugene
October 21st, 2008 at 8:54 am
This reminds me of a charity ad which aired on Dubai TV 2 Ramadan’s ago.
Anta Ta5taar (I think it was)
1000 dirham
a pair of Rayban shades.
1000 dirham
a water well for an african village.
you choose.
I loved that ad campaign.
October 29th, 2008 at 4:46 am
great post! allah ye3een the poverty people
November 20th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
There has come winter :(
It became cold and cloudy!
Mood very bad :(
Depression Begins
November 21st, 2008 at 5:18 am
Depression Depression Depression aaaaaaaa
HEEEEELP :( :( :(
I hate winter! I want summer!
November 28th, 2008 at 5:09 am
hey n. keefo? yallah come back! im used to feeling overwhelmed with the intellectual posts i can never catch up on reading!
November 29th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
I very much love summer :)
Someone very much loves winter :(
I Wish to know whom more :)
For what you love winter?
For what you love summer? Let’s argue :)
November 30th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
tara fi cham wa7d mo sa7i mowjodeen 3indik hni… anyways, post or i kil. yallaf.