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<blockquote data-quote="GodsoldierClintus" data-source="post: 35307455" data-attributes="member: 189419"><p>We could argue all night long whether the money could be better used. But it frustrates people who work on the ground that year after year after year of promises of change in the governments around the world there has been on change. Governments, and may I say, churches could end extreme poverty right now if they wanted to. Society already has the money, time and time again the UN has tried to formulate plans to end extreme poverty but the governments simply put in lip service and no commitment. The government will not act unless it feels enough people care and threaten its political standing. </p><p></p><p>The reality is still that 30 000 children die each day because they don't have the bare essentials. The money spent on a roadtrip will not save those people by itself. It is our hope that by bringing it to the people that the government will take notice and will take action and will end poverty. The Australian government still donates more money that all of the non government aid organisations combined. The most disgusting part of this is people, may I say, Christians, find it alright that people are dying without anything, without food, without housing, without things we take for granted but when it comes to making sacrifices we "can't afford it".</p><p></p><p>The money we spend is for the roadtrip - our sponsors are sponsoring for the roadtrip. That doesn't bother us because that money for the most part ie from the sponsor, will most probably not have gone to those that needed it anyway. This roadtrip is about convincing the public about the need for out government to do more. And by the loo</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GodsoldierClintus, post: 35307455, member: 189419"] We could argue all night long whether the money could be better used. But it frustrates people who work on the ground that year after year after year of promises of change in the governments around the world there has been on change. Governments, and may I say, churches could end extreme poverty right now if they wanted to. Society already has the money, time and time again the UN has tried to formulate plans to end extreme poverty but the governments simply put in lip service and no commitment. The government will not act unless it feels enough people care and threaten its political standing. The reality is still that 30 000 children die each day because they don't have the bare essentials. The money spent on a roadtrip will not save those people by itself. It is our hope that by bringing it to the people that the government will take notice and will take action and will end poverty. The Australian government still donates more money that all of the non government aid organisations combined. The most disgusting part of this is people, may I say, Christians, find it alright that people are dying without anything, without food, without housing, without things we take for granted but when it comes to making sacrifices we "can't afford it". The money we spend is for the roadtrip - our sponsors are sponsoring for the roadtrip. That doesn't bother us because that money for the most part ie from the sponsor, will most probably not have gone to those that needed it anyway. This roadtrip is about convincing the public about the need for out government to do more. And by the loo [/QUOTE]
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