How do we raise awareness for the less fortunate?

            People need to put into consideration about how the less fortunate are living compared to their lives. Many people probably don’t even see a reason to why they should put money down to some person who brought himself or herself to live on the streets. The less fortunate did not choose to live in poverty, although their path in life had leaded them to it. No one wants to live poorly. People who have the money and the wealth need to step up and help the unfortunate. Although, there are many charities that go on with the wealthy people simply donating a sum of money, is not enough.

Not just wealthy people need to be more considerate with distributing the sum of money they make to the less fortunate, but the poor/middle class needs to step up as well. To those who are facing poverty probably ran out of options to leading a better life. People who have the means, resources and the ability to help the less fortunate can create a huge difference. What people in communities do now is great: Organizing non-profit organizations, create volunteer work, donating, having charities etc. But more help needs to be done. What we do now are like inside jobs, people collect and distribute. We need to find a way to really learn about the poor areas within their neighborhoods and learn their lives, their means of living. Examine and analyze the true damages within the cities, towns, and living environments. Most people just don’t care anymore. People ask for help every single day and they never receive the help they need, the help they pray for, the help they beg others for. This type of ignorance is another issue people need to resolve in order to help the less fortunate.

Know which schools need more funds for better resources to let the kids within the school to have a better education. Many cities have a huge poverty problem that most people in the word don’t even realize. To the extent that cities shut down, because it was just becoming a terrible city to run, use that type of resource to find out why that happened and how. Apply that to what we can do better; to be sure another city can be prevented from shutting down. 

A video I watched in class about the way money is distributed to Americans is very unequal and unfair. That is another issue that needs to be address in order to create awareness for the less fortunate. An average, hard working American needs to work at least a whole month or more in order to match a CEO’s paycheck made within an hour. This is the sort of problem desperately needs to be looked into and further examined to help America become a fair and equal country.

To raise awareness is just lending a hand when someone needs it. If no one will hear their cry for help, who will? Their voices have reached us, but we're not answering back. It is never too late to start helping the less fortunate.