ONE.ORG

A person dies every 3 seconds from starvation.

More than 1 billion people around the world live on less than $1 a day.

Africa has been hit harder by the HIV/AIDS virus than any other region of the world. Last year alone, more than 2 million Africans died from AIDS and another 24 million are infected with the HIV virus, approximately 2 million of whom are children.

Over one billion people do not have access to clean water. Every 15 seconds, a child dies from a disease associated with lack of access to safe drinking water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene.

Africa is home to 80% of the world's 15 million HIV/AIDS orphans.

I have been somewhat taken back to these astounding numbers. It is beyond sad, it is unacceptable, and very hard to believe that we can live in a world of today with such sickness and poverty. Please take the time to browse the ONE.ORG site, and send your declaration, "They do not want your money.......they want your voice". This poverty thing has been on my mind all week........and then today, we get this headline........BEIJING - China launched a sweeping effort Saturday to expand its access to Africa's oil and markets, pledging billions of dollars in aid and loans as dozens of leaders from the world's poorest continent opened a conference aimed at building economic ties.
Go...Go...Go....hey batter...hey batter!!:)....who's on first!

Rosie O'Donnell
Rosie made ABC Nightline this week. You must read about her For All Kids Foundation. What they have done for the Katrina victims is unimaginable. The red tape and beuracracy is enough to make your stomach turn inside out!........I love a woman who can "think" on her feet! She has made the impossible for these people.........POSSIBLE!

Song of the Week
This weeks song is by Bobby Darin and the Richard Wess Orchestra, a song I know your familiar with..."Mack the Knife"(Original).