The state of things in the world...

Universal primary education- the amount of money it would take to have, in every country, basic schooling available for all children is $10 billion per year. Every year the US spends more than that on ice-cream.
Reproductive services for every woman, to make childbirth safer, would cost $12 billion per year. Europe and the US spend that amount on perfumes.
Basic healthcare and good nutrition would cost $13 billion a year, and Europe and the US spend that amount on pet food.
Primary level education for all at current rate of progress will be achievable by the time Kylie Minogue is 162 years old.

This information is... just horrifying. People worldwide dying of preventable causes, while the richer countries are spending on petty priviledges...
For more information there are a couple of good websites-
www.whiteband.org
www.makepovertyhistory.org
www.makepovertyhistory.org/getinvolved.html

love, and an end to poverty...

xoxo

Beautiful Girls

The pressure is on. Every day influences, television, magazines, fairy tales... they all involve woman who are the image of feminine perfection. These are the woman that young girls and teenagers idolise, the ones who they want to be like. But in this way, the girls are tryin to achieve unrealistic, and unhealthy goals. They want to be stick thin, with a large chest, thin and shapely legs, clear and flawless skin... Should the next generation be constantly trying to achieve outside beauty? To my readers, it shouldnt matter what u look like. Embrace inner beauty! I guess in the end thats all that matters anyway. When you're 60-70 years old, lets face it, you wont be model like, and "gorgeous". But after all those years you can still be nice, and caring, and love your fellow humans, and love the environment, and all the fluffy animals!

Vote 1 inner beauty

peace n loveyness

xoxo