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Where should the $817.40 donation from Search Kindly be applied?
Global Food Crisis Fund
The global food crisis is being called a “silent tsunami” that could plunge several hundred million people deeper into poverty and hunger.
Families living in extreme poverty often spend more than 50 percent of their income on food. And often, the daily income is less than $2 a day. When food prices climb, children in poverty do not eat. Food prices have risen as much as 100 percent in some countries since 2006. Many of the countries we serve are among those that have been hit hard by rising food prices.
Money donated to the Global Food Crisis Fund will help provide life saving food supplies to the children you sponsor.
Malaria Intervention Fund
Each year, more than 1 million people die from malaria. More than 750,000 of those deaths are children in Africa. That’s one child every 30 seconds. And for every child who dies, hundreds more become sick and incapacitated. Though not talked about as much as AIDS, malaria is a silent, fast killer that puts all children and families we serve in Africa at serious risk. And thousands more people in countries where we work around the world live in fear of the disease.
Money donated to the Malaria Intervention Fund allows us to provide mosquito nets and malaria prevention education to entire families of Compassion-assisted children. It also provides medical treatment for children struggling with the disease.
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June 7th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Wow, I can see why it’s hard to make these decisions. Both issues seem very worthy of dollars.
I will vote for the Malaria Intervention fund, though. Those mosquito nets are so inexpensive yet do SO much good. I think $800 could purchase a lot of mosquito nets and save lives.
BTW — whatever cause doesn’t get picked, my family and I are going to make a commitment to donate an additional $50. If anyone else wanted to jump in and match that, that would be very cool.
June 7th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
My vote is for the Global Food Crisis Fund. And I’m going to accept Lisa’s challenge and add my $50 donation to whichever fund does not receive the Search Kindly donation. Great idea!
June 7th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Yay, Amy!!! You’re awesome!
June 7th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Global Food Crisis. I can’t imagine having to make these decisions. Thanks for what you do. I am a dedicated follower.
June 7th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
Can I pick both? Would it be possible to split the donation and put half towards each cause?
June 7th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Either! Can you split it? I’ll also take Lisa’s challenge and send $50 to the fund that doesn’t receive the Search Kindly money.
June 7th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
Less than 1% of malaria cases are fatal, but 100% of children need food to survive.
I vote to give the money (along with all of these extra $50 donations) to the Global Food Crisis.
June 7th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
I vote the Global food crisis fund too, but whereever it is most needed.
Kees
June 7th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Malaria! Food is important but more of a band-aid. The malaria nets, etc. will have much more lasting benefits– and health is so crucial when it comes to staying in school, work, etc.
June 8th, 2008 at 10:04 am
My vote is going to the Global Food Crisis fund.
June 8th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
I vote for splitting it between the two. However if we must choose one, I will vote for the Global Food Crisis Fund.
June 8th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
I’ve already participated in the “Bite Back” malaria campaign, so I vote Global Food Crisis Fund…
June 8th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
My vote would be for the Global Food Crisis Fund.
June 8th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
I also vote for splitting it. I’ve already contributed to both funds, but I’ll throw in another $50 to each, no matter how this $800+ is spent. No way I can choose between them.
June 8th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
This is a hard choice, but I think I’m going to have to pick the Malaria Fund. It will have a more lasting impact (not that food isn’t important!)
June 8th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
Global Food Crisis.
June 8th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
I’ll vote for the Global Food Crisis, but also agree to send $50 to whichever fund does not get selected for the Search Kindly gift.
June 9th, 2008 at 7:29 am
I vote for the Global Food Crisis fund.
June 9th, 2008 at 9:22 am
Just hopped online again today and can’t wait to see which fund gets picked. Either way, so far five of us are going to donate an extra $50 to whichever fund doesn’t get chosen — and Vicki is even going the extra mile with $50 for each fund — for a grand total of $300!
Thank you so much everyone!!!! Thank you to Amy, Kate, Vicki & Juli for your donations — you gals are amazing!
And to everyone who posts here and gets involved! It’s people like you who make a difference.
As soon as I hear which fund is chosen, I’ll make my donation…
June 9th, 2008 at 9:43 am
So in a way, we did reach the goal of a $1000 Search Kindly donation.
June 9th, 2008 at 9:51 am
Food crisis gains my vote!
Congratulations with Search Kindly!
I told my 9th grade students about it and they were reminding one another right away…”make it your homepage!”
The new website looks great too, thanks and God bless you!
June 9th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Global Food Crisis for sure
June 9th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Tough to decide, both are a huge need, but due to the immediacy of the current food situation, I’m voting for the Global Food Crisis.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:13 am
Global Food Crisis Fund.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:14 am
I definitely think it should be split. Both areas are in great need. Every little bit counts, right?
June 9th, 2008 at 10:20 am
I say split what is raised down the middle, everyone wins.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:21 am
I work with kids living in the slums of Bangladesh and I am watching them drop out of school in order to get jobs because of the increasing food prices. Therefore, I vote for the Global Food Crisis Fund.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:28 am
My vote is for the global food crisis.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:36 am
My vote is for the Global Food Crisis Fund.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:41 am
Agreed – global food crisis, but both are very worthy.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:52 am
My vote is for the Global Food Crisis fund.
June 9th, 2008 at 11:04 am
This is a difficult choice, but I’ll go with the Global Food Crisis fund.
June 9th, 2008 at 11:08 am
I vote for Global Food Crisis fund. I just saw a CNN article today titled “Everyone’s Starving in Ethiopia” (http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/09/ethiopia.hunger.ap/index.html)
June 9th, 2008 at 11:10 am
I’d like to see it go towards the Global Food Crisis Fund.
June 9th, 2008 at 11:10 am
I vote Global Food Crisis Fund.
June 9th, 2008 at 11:21 am
I vote for the Global Food Crisis Fund.
June 9th, 2008 at 11:28 am
Global food fund.
June 9th, 2008 at 11:30 am
I choose the Global Food Crisis fund.
June 9th, 2008 at 11:33 am
I said a little prayer, and both are needed but I felt in my heart and soul, feed the hungry. So I’d say Global Food Crisis Fund.
June 9th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Global food crisis
June 9th, 2008 at 11:56 am
Malaria, all the way! It’s less known to people, and alot more people are already supporting hunger.
“Each year, there are approximately 515 million cases of malaria, killing between one and three million people, the majority of whom are young children in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Wikipedia
June 9th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
I vote for the Global Food Crisis Fund, primarily because this issue has the potential of killing more people, especially innocent children than malaria. We haven’t even seen the beginning of how big this issue is going to get. Food prices are soaring and they are not going to stop.
Whichever wins, my wife and I will contribute an additional $50 to that fund as Lisa suggested.
June 9th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Wow, what a tough decision! I am going to vote for the Global Food Crisis Fund.
June 9th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Global Food Crisis
June 9th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Thank you to Andrew & wife — and GOD BLESS YOU BOTH! You’ve pushed us up $350 — raising the roof!
June 9th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
I will vote for Global Food Crisis. It is so hard to choose just one but I can not stand the thought of a child going to be hungry. Unless they could split it 50/50 between to two.
June 9th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
To the UNSPONSORED Children’s Fund
June 9th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Tough decision! I vote for the Global Food Crisis Fund because my sponsored child is in Haiti where hunger is currently a greater problem than malaria.
Thanks, Compassion, for continuing this great work, and especially to the blogging team who is keeping us so well-informed here and on Facebook!
June 9th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
This is really not a decision that one can make short of prayer. I think the leaders of Compassions should pray and then decide. It is nice to be included but it is God’s decision. Otherwise I believe it should be 50/50.
June 9th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
I vote for the Global Food Crisis Fund.
June 9th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
My vote is for the Malaria Intervention Fund
June 9th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
I vote Global Food Crisis Fund
June 9th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
Global Food Crisis
June 9th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
1) You can’t give a net to a child that has starved.
2) Compassion has only just started to raise money for the Global Food Crisis and needs more than $10,000,000 to support each of their 24 countries.
I vote for the Global Food Crisis Fund.
June 10th, 2008 at 1:11 am
My vote is for the Malaria Intervention Fund. It is truly a hard choice to have to make. After discussing it with my mom and aunt, we decided the malaria one is the one we would all choose. Mainly because a lot of attention is already given to food, but not much is thought of malaria. Also, food is temporary. Once you eat it, it’s gone. Mosquito nets and education last much longer and can go a long way.
June 10th, 2008 at 6:24 am
Global Food Crisis Fund but very hard to choose between the two. My God bless both of these Funds.
June 10th, 2008 at 7:30 am
I vote 4 food… someone said food is a “band aid” in an earlier post, but people are literally starving 2 death due 2 malnurishment & if malnurished when they contract disease their bodies are less likely 2 have the immunity 2 fight off infectious diseases, etc… malaria nets r 4 disease prevention, but food also assists in the prevention of disease. by sending food both sides of the coin are covered. it’s difficult 2 even begin comprehending a child having 2 go 1 day or even several hours without proper nourishment… please feed these people. food & water are necessary 2 sustain life itself… thank you
June 10th, 2008 at 9:52 am
You could split it between the two funds. If I had to choose I would go with the Food one since that probably affects more people.
June 10th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
I vote for the Global Food Crisis fund and will match the $50 pledge to the losing fund.
June 10th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Grant, thank you and God bless you, too, so very much!!! You’ve brought us up to an even $400 total — which is AMAZING! — for the now not-so-losing fund!
As many have said — how can you choose malaria treatment over food — or vice versa? This is such a wonderful way to make an impact in both areas.
June 10th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
I vote for the Global Food Crisis Fund. Though both are very deserving causes. Those who could be healed of malaria may not have any food after they’re cured. Though malaria is definitely serious and concern-worthy, I pick the Food Crisis.
June 10th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
@Lisa Miles
Who am I missing? I’m counting $350 for the “not so losing fund.” Not $400.
Here’s my tally:
You, Amy, Kate, Juli Jarvis, Vicki Small, Andrew and Grant
June 10th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Global food crisis
June 10th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
We’ve got $350 for the fund that isn’t chosen — Lisa, Amy, Kate, Vicki, Juli, Andrew and Grant. And Vicki is going to contribute an additional $50 to the chosen fund. (Yay, Vicki!)
So $400 total in donations from all of us blogees.
If there are two more people out there who want to jump in and make it an even $500, I wouldn’t complain ya know!
Anyone sitting on the fence before Chris closes us down?
June 10th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Global Food Crisis Fund.
June 10th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Malaria Intervention Fund
June 11th, 2008 at 6:26 am
Tough question, but I’m choosing the Global Food Crisis Fund. God bless the amazing “givers” who’ve made this question possible!
June 11th, 2008 at 10:04 am
I vote for the Global food Crisis Fund you guys are amazing,
June 11th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
I vote Malaria Intervention because the malaria problem is less well known. Also, the money goes to educate entire families on how to prevent malaria. Plus, malaria is treatable and yet millions are dying from it because of the lack of health care.
June 11th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Global food crisis.
June 12th, 2008 at 3:21 am
My vote is for the Malaria Fund.
June 12th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
My vote goes towards flood relief
June 12th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
My vote is for the Malaria Fund. My geography class did a fundraiser for malaria to send bug nets to Africa and we raised 2346.00$ !! i think its a great cause, like Malaria is a serious disease and many people die from it each 30 seconds, to be precise, and its just bcz they dont have the funds to buy bug nets wich only cost about 7$ each net plus 3$ shipping!.
June 13th, 2008 at 10:45 am
I vote for the Global Food Crisis fund.
June 15th, 2008 at 9:01 am
I vote for the Global Food Crisis fund!
June 16th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Food Crisis Fund
June 16th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Global Food Crisis Fund, seems more pertinent at this time
June 16th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Global Food Crisis Fund.
June 16th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
i vote for the global food crisis. both projects are important but food seems to be the biggest problem the third worl faces at present
June 17th, 2008 at 11:59 am
Global food Crisis.
I believe that both issues need attention but I believe that the food issue is the most pressing. I got to see first hand the effects of maliaria in Kenya. I visisted the house of a project boy named Molinda who was suffering from malaria.
What startled me the most was that everyone treated it as if it were as common as a cold.
A child who goes a month without a net only has a small chance of getting very sick from malaria. A child who does not have have any food for a month will die.
June 17th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Both causes are extrmally important to the survival of these children and their families, without food you die, and catching malaria has the consequence of death as well. Why don’t we split the donation between Global Food Crisis and the Malaria Intervention Fund.
June 17th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
I vote for the Malaria Intervention Fund, but only because that is where the money will go the farthest. Food is getting more expensive every day, and prices will only continue to rise in the coming months. We should continue to support both causes, of course.
June 18th, 2008 at 10:06 am
This is a tough decision as both funds will help those in need. I think that the money should be split between the Malaria and the Global food crisis that way both groups can be helped at the same time.
June 18th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Malaria Intervention Fund
June 22nd, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Sara, thanks for that perspective.
July 26th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
The money should go to the Malaria Intervention Fund because the children need protection from the disease more than an increase in food because their bodies are used to not having that much food but they aren’t used to the germs and bacteria that can be prevented.
March 11th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
so… what was the outcome of this? =)
Its hard to choose but I’d go with the global food crisis….
March 11th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
The Global Food Crisis “won.” We just received the money from SearchKindly within the past two weeks. And several of our readers made additional donations to the Malaria Intervention Fund as well.
Today happens to be Global Food Crisis Day and so far more than $750,000 has been raised, just today, to help fight the crisis.
May 4th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
As everyone has said, this is a very hard choice, but I would choose the Malaria nets. All I have been able to afford to donate towards this is 20 dollars. But I feel this is so important because children can be fed and still get Malaria and die.
May 25th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
The money should definitely go towards my Sponsor Tour to Tanzania!
May 25th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
However,
I think you should give one large family gift to one family to surprise the daylights out of them
And if possible and honoring, post their blessing and or reaction on the blog so we can see how it helped and encouraged them!
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:57 pm
@Chris Giovagnoni –
That’s great, Mike! That’s what I was going to vote for! I’m one of the people who earned money on Search Kindly for you; I was passionate about it. ;-D