Who even cares

You may be asking yourself why do I need to care about the AIDS crisis, displaced children, starving civilians, poverty, and genocides that occur in Africa when you have enough problems on your own plate.  I get that everyone has trials and tribulations but can you even phantom having to deal with all of these problems all at once?  For most of the population in Africa the sad truth is that on a daily basis they deal with every single one of these problems.  Sometimes I think a lot of people in America often take their life for granted and blow little issues that they have to deal with into a huge catastrophe.  Our society has become very egocentric in the ways we deal with issues.  Often times, we will only do things that will benefit us in the long run.  I want our society to stop thinking this way and I want America to open their eyes and see the horrible conditions that Africa has to go through.  We take things for granted way too much and whine about the stupidest thing but in reality we should not even let it bother us because just 8,562 miles away people are dealing with much worse conditions.  I really think as a society we are capable of so much more than what we are actually doing now to change the world.  My intent for this blog was to get the word out about the horrible things going on in Africa.  When I read my blog comments I noticed a lot of people saying how they never heard of a certain issue I was talking about and it made me feel as if my purpose was met.  I want people to open their eyes and realize how fortunate they are and they should advocate and lend a helping hand for those who are not as fortunate.