* According to the World Health Organisation, up to 53,000 children are murdered worldwide each year.
* Between 80 and 93 % of children suffer some form of physical punishment in their homes; a 3rd are punished using implements.
* In 2002, the WHO estimated that 150 million girls and 73 million boys under 18 experienced some form of forced sexual intercourse or violence.
* 218 million children worldwide are labourers, 126 million of whom work in hazardous environments.
* 1.8 million are involved in prostitution or pornography and 1.2 million have been trafficked.
* Up to 275 million witness domestic abuse annually.
* Eight million worldwide are in residential care.
* There are 250,000 child soldiers in the world.
* 40 per cent of soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are children. 11,000 have still yet to be disarmed.
* One billion children live in countries where it is legal to beat pupils.
* A million children worldwide have been imprisoned.
2006-10-11 21:58:13 · 15 answers · asked by slmanl 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I have travelled to third world countries and I have been told and seen some of the atrocities that are happening. Not only in other countries but in our own countries.
I can not help all these people, even if I wanted to, I do help a family I met and I am happy about that.
I come home and I am so very grateful for all I have and what I have to eat etc.
I will not stop living the way I do as I am one of the lucky ones on the earth and I believe I should use what I have been given, the way it should be used.
I feel so very much for these people but I must also keep living in the way I am accustomed. I know there are problems all over the world and I try to help out where I can etc.,
So I can sleep at night knowing that I have helped and I am helping a few that need it.
If we all did this perhaps the problems would be lessened if only just a little it would be a plus.
I know there will always be problems and atrocities happening in our world. We need to educate the countries and get rid of the corrupt governments that allows these things to occur.
How we do that is another question to be answered.
2006-10-11 22:20:08 · answer #1 · answered by slipper 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Well, it is true! So, lets analyse why this happens shall we, Instead of the west always pointing fingers at others for human rights abuse!
The next time you buy another car, you don't really need, think about this report. The next time you buy another television for another bedroom in your house, think about this report. The next time you shell out a hundred dollars to have a good time on the weekend, think about this report. The next time America shoves it's foreign policy of Live and let die down the throats of poor countries, think about this report. Well there are a lot of things do i really need to name them or you get the idea.
The world has limited resources for all it's inhabitants. You can also look at other reports where america is the largest polluter on earth, that it consumes 4 times asmuch energy as any other nation on this planet.
2006-10-12 05:09:15 · answer #2 · answered by Rajan S 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well, it is disturbing, are these not issues that show we are in the last days along with other issues going on in the world? Should not issues like this be the reason we are in expectation for Gods day of Judgment to arrive? Most think Armageddon is the end of the world but it is only the end of this wicked system. Gods kingdom will resolve things like you mentioned above.
2006-10-12 05:04:11 · answer #3 · answered by fire 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The body requires sleep. People being murdered and raped doesn't wake me up unless it's happening in the room I'm sleeping in. No one can mourn every tragedy in this world, you'd never get anything done.
2006-10-12 05:34:06 · answer #4 · answered by The Resurrectionist 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's hard to believe any of us make it to adulthood.
Any Christian would have difficulty explaining why their God stands by and watches all this happen. Is man's free will more important than these children?
2006-10-12 05:08:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It should be mentioned that many human traffickers and drug traffickers-though not all of them, but many of them-are Albanian terrorists from Kosovo. So these numbers are partially the results of Penis Clinton's "achievements".
2006-10-12 05:04:59 · answer #6 · answered by Avner Eliyahu R 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
so so sad :(. no child ever deserves to be abbused. I love my children more than anything. I just love children in general but im partial to mine. they are my happiness and my reason for living.
2006-10-12 05:06:48 · answer #7 · answered by eightieschick70 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No offense to your question but I will sleep fine. I can't solve all of the problems in the world and wouldn't even try to.
2006-10-12 05:01:26 · answer #8 · answered by starrynight1 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the only thing we can do is take responsibility at home and raise our own children well
salam
2006-10-12 06:02:58 · answer #9 · answered by Submission 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
what are your sources? you can t just put random facts up there for me to believe. how do I know what you are saying is true?
2006-10-12 05:05:25 · answer #10 · answered by Speak freely 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋