Disturbing Differences

I watched the Movie "Hotel Rwanda" a couple days ago and it is one of the few movies I have ever cried at. Watching the mass genocide in Rwanda in 1994 made me feel sick and embarrassed to be white. There is a scene in the movie where all the White tourists were allowed to leave the country while the poorer black natives of Rwanda recieved no help from the western nations (the cause of the Genocide in the first place). One particular quote stuck out to me. Joaquin Phoenix played a minor role as a journalist sent to cover the Genocide. He left to go film some of what was going on and returned with disturbing footage of people being slaughtered solely because of their label, Tutsi. He approached the story's protagonist, Paul, who just thanked him for filming people being killed saying that people will watch that and come in with flying colors to save the people of Rwanda. Phoenix looks at Paul and says, "I think if people see this footage, they'll say Oh, my God, that's horrible. And then they'll go on eating their dinners." How often do I do this when I have a chance to help someone who needs so much more than I do?
Just a few statistics comparing Zambia to America. Zambia has a population of about 11 million (UN, 2005) with a life expectancy of about 38 years for men and 37 years for women (UN), . Amercia on the otherhand has a population of 293,027,571 (July 2004) and a life expectancy of about 77 and a half years. What makes us so much more deserving of 40+ more years of life? So often we see poor people and go on "eating our dinners" saying thats terrible. We are fighting things such as Cancer and Heart Disease here. Why? Because we have the medicine to prevent and treat viruses such as mumps, the flu, polio, menengitis and other viruses that are no longer a concern. We have this medication and the ability to stop diseases like this but dont help countries who need it. People in Zambia are simply waiting to die. They dont have the medications to help get rid of what we think of harmless diseases. There is even a treatment for AIDs that many of the Millions of people with that killer disease cant get because of the lack of money. When did money become a prerequisite for life? Since when did the wealthy white man become more of a person than those starving out of our immediate view? I plead with you to find a way to help! If you dont know how, leave a post asking and I will help you help those less fortunate. We have the resources to do so much if we just would do it. If every American gave $1 a year to help the poor, here and worldwide, the is almost $300 million dollars a year!! $4 a year raises almost $1.2 billion a year!! That money can do an unbelievable ammount, not just in America, but everywhere. it only costs $60,000 to build a house in a childrens village in Zambia for 12 orphans to have a home and a full time Mom and Dad living in the home with them. Please help, we can do it.