I watched this advertisement for World Food Programme were different African people, young, old, male, female, all skin and bones, were saying favorite desserts like they were ordering it from the restaurant. Then it said that for the price of your dessert, you can help feed people in Africa, many of whom are dying of starvation.
It sound weird at first, yes. But when you calculate, let's say you have a sundae 4x a week. That's Php30 per week and a total of Php120. In one month, that's Php480 all in dessert. In one year, Php5760 is devoted all to just dessert. That Php5760 can be donated to the World Food Programme to feed many people and maybe, although just a bit, help save the those starving people.
Other than that, it doesn't really count if you have dessert. They are merely luxuries, especially after you have already eaten one full meal. A friend, who's been making donations to the World Food Programme for almost a year now, said that whenever he has the urge to get dessert, he stops himself and keeps the money instead and deposit it every week. It doesn't seem huge when you give it weekly, so you don't feel the dent in your pocketbook. This same friend now eats desserts only when he has done something really good, like get a promotion, or when he's broken hearted. Haha
I'm planning to do the same thing. I usually have like cake in Starbucks, or a donut whenever I feel like sugar rushing. But I will now try to save the money to give to the World Food Programme. I may even lose weight because of that. It's my own way of giving back what I got.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Panacotta, Please
Posted by emillene jean at 4:45 PM
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