Here is a very, very sad picture. It was taken by Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Kevin Carter, who committed suicide 3 months after the picture was taken. It shows a Sudanese child crawling towards a United Nations food camp while being stalked by a vulture who is just waiting for him/her to die. It is a powerful photographic reminder that there are many inequities in the world and there are tremendous needs that are not being addressed. I think it also puts life in perspective in our consumer driven culture that is obsessed with having the latest and greatest toys. Although we will "always have the poor with us" (John 12:8) this does not mean that we should not do what we can to alleviate their suffering and change the religious, social and political structures that perpetuate this kind of unacceptable situation.
(Taken from http://redeemingthetime.blogspot.com/2011/05/same-world-another-place.html#links)
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