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Where should the $817.40 donation from Search Kindly be applied?
- Global Food Crisis Fund
- Malaria Intervention Fund
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.
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.
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!
Yay, Amy!!! You’re awesome!
Global Food Crisis. I can’t imagine having to make these decisions. Thanks for what you do. I am a dedicated follower.
Can I pick both? Would it be possible to split the donation and put half towards each cause?
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.
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.
I vote the Global food crisis fund too, but whereever it is most needed.
Kees
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.
My vote is going to the Global Food Crisis fund.
I vote for splitting it between the two. However if we must choose one, I will vote for the Global Food Crisis Fund.
I’ve already participated in the “Bite Back” malaria campaign, so I vote Global Food Crisis Fund…
My vote would be for the Global Food Crisis Fund.
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.
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!)
Global Food Crisis.
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.
I vote for the Global Food Crisis fund.
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…
So in a way, we did reach the goal of a $1000 Search Kindly donation.
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!
Global Food Crisis for sure
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.
Global Food Crisis Fund.
I definitely think it should be split. Both areas are in great need. Every little bit counts, right?
I say split what is raised down the middle, everyone wins.
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.
My vote is for the global food crisis.
My vote is for the Global Food Crisis Fund.
Agreed – global food crisis, but both are very worthy.
My vote is for the Global Food Crisis fund.
This is a difficult choice, but I’ll go with the Global Food Crisis fund.
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)
I’d like to see it go towards the Global Food Crisis Fund.
I vote Global Food Crisis Fund.
I vote for the Global Food Crisis Fund.
Global food fund.
I choose the Global Food Crisis fund.
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.
Global food crisis
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
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.
Wow, what a tough decision! I am going to vote for the Global Food Crisis Fund.
Global Food Crisis
Thank you to Andrew & wife — and GOD BLESS YOU BOTH! You’ve pushed us up $350 — raising the roof!
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.
To the UNSPONSORED Children’s Fund
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!
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.
I vote for the Global Food Crisis Fund.
My vote is for the Malaria Intervention Fund
I vote Global Food Crisis Fund
Global Food Crisis
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.
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.
Global Food Crisis Fund but very hard to choose between the two. My God bless both of these Funds.
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
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.
I vote for the Global Food Crisis fund and will match the $50 pledge to the losing fund.
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.
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.
@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
Global food crisis
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 $500, I wouldn’t complain ya know!
Anyone sitting on the fence before Chris closes us down?
Global Food Crisis Fund.
Malaria Intervention Fund
Tough question, but I’m choosing the Global Food Crisis Fund. God bless the amazing “givers” who’ve made this question possible!
I vote for the Global food Crisis Fund you guys are amazing,
I vote Malaria Intervention because the malaria problem is less well known. Also, the money goes to educate entire families on how to prevent malaria. Plus, malaria is treatable and yet millions are dying from it because of the lack of health care.
Global food crisis.
My vote is for the Malaria Fund.
My vote goes towards flood relief
My vote is for the Malaria Fund. My geography class did a fundraiser for malaria to send bug nets to Africa and we raised 2346.00$ !! 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!.
I vote for the Global Food Crisis fund.
I vote for the Global Food Crisis fund!
Food Crisis Fund
Global Food Crisis Fund, seems more pertinent at this time
Global Food Crisis Fund.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Malaria Intervention Fund
Sara, thanks for that perspective.
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.
so… what was the outcome of this? =)
Its hard to choose but I’d go with the global food crisis….
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.
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.
The money should definitely go towards my Sponsor Tour to Tanzania!
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!
@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