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To: freeus who wrote (14210)	1/5/2000 8:37:00 PM
From: Jill	Read Replies (2) of 54805

OT All of us, all forms of life, are both selfish and giving. Sometimes acts of altruism are purely that, and joyful. I posted on a few threads where you can sponsor Tibetan refugees who become monks/students in India at a monastery there. I got a pic of my sponsored monk in the mail yesterday. It gave me joy to think I could help him out, and I'm going to write and see what his interests are. Maybe I can send him books or music or who knows what that he has no access to. My donation is only $20 a month, but it helps feed him and others there so they don't eat gruel. I'm also adding as beneficiary to my account, Doctors Without Borders as I think they are such a great organization. If you travel to places like Honduras or Romania or many others you see such wretched poverty and suffering. We're very lucky to have these opportunities, and once you've seen that, you want to help because you realize how much of a difference you could make. Sometimes your heart is moved by suffering. When I was in Romania I heard of a diabetic boy who was literally in agony all the time, bedridden. Why? They came with a steel needle twice a week to take his blood and measure the glucose. The insulin he got was delayed by 3 to 4 days--never accurate. He suffered horrible complications. I got Johnson & Johnson to donate a one-touch machine and the litmus papers for it. His family wept from gratitude. It was probably the only one touch machine in the entire country. Sometimes just helping out a little can make an enormous difference. What I regret now is not realizing that they would run out of litmus papers and then what? I should have asked J&J to send a box every year. I think we all should give to the very less fortunate, every year. We should think about where to give, do a little research, and make sure we can follow the results of our donations. That's why I prefer situations where I can see one-on-one what effect I am having. We are after all one planet.

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