… in a global village
Posted by Douglas Detweiler
If the world was a global village with only 100 people in it:
… in a global village
57 are Asians;
21 are Europeans;
14 are Americans (north, south and central);
and 8 are Africans in our village.
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52 are women;
48 are men;
30 are Christian;
70 are non-Christian;
30 are Caucasian;
70 are non-Caucasian;
6 people from our village would possess 59% of all the wealth
(and they are all from the USA);
80 live in poverty;
70 are illiterate;
50 suffer from hunger;
1 is dying;
1 is being born;
1 owns a computer;
and 1 (only one) has a college degree
Sooo…. If you are in good health, you are luckier than one
million who will not live through the week.
If you can read this, you are more fortunate than two billion
who cannot read anything. As Rotarians, we still have much to do in
service.
Giving 'thanks' is not an American invention; everyone does it
in their own way, in their own culture. That is the essence of 'service
above self '.
Joe
Joe Kagle
Chairman/President, Rotary Global History Fellowship, 2007-2010
Posted from: www.RGHF.org
(The Rotary Global History Fellowship, RGHF, is a Rotary International "Action Group". These groups operate in accordance with Rotary International policy, but are not agencies of or controlled by RI.)