Monday, February 23, 2009

Slumdog won...

...and I wonder if the Indian govt. is embarrassed by that? A film pointing out that 65 MILLION of their people live in those slums? Where health care is nonexistent, child labor is rampant and the poverty is inescapable.

But if you really want to be depressed, watch a documentary about the 20,000 homeless, parent-less children in Romania (Children Underground). These are little boys and girls running around...some as young as 5--completely orphaned and living on the streets by themselves or with other children. They commit suicide b/c their lives are so bad. Why are there so many homeless and unwanted children in Romania, you ask? Their govt. outlawed contraception. Cry here.

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