RAK

This week is Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) week, and today the activity in Pyle Center was writing letters to Congress members about co-sponsoring acts to relieve poverty.

I wrote one encouraging my Congressman to co-sponsor a bill that would increase funding to get immunizations, vitamins, clean water, etc. to impoverished people and increase maternal and child health care. Over 500,000 mothers die each year as a result of childbirth complications. One child dies every 3-5 seconds! Children in the world are dying of preventable diseases that we could stop with vaccines and medical attention. But we have to provide for others, since they can't provide for themselves.