The Hunger Site

24,000 people die every day from hunger.

Sorry, I didn't mean to put a damper on a fun message-board, but there are reasons behind my shock tactics. First of all though, here's a few more startling facts:

Every second more than an acre of rainforest disappears.

1800 children are infected daily with HIV.

Over 30,000 children will die needlessly today.

43,000 women will die of cancer this year.

There are 72 victims of landmines on a daily basis. 64 of them won't get any care.

Pretty tragic, huh? But what can we do? We can't cry for the whole world can we? We can't put money in every tin on every counter or in every outstretched hand can we? Sometimes just taking care of our own families is enough. I'd like to help but ..... well, y'know, just but.

Well, there is something you can do - and it won't cost you a penny or take any time. Visit www.thehungersite.com. On the home page you'll see a map of the world and you can watch as certain countries turn dark as another person dies of hunger. That happens 24,000 times a day.

With one click of your right forefinger you can buy one and a half bowls of rice. That will feed one person for a day. And it's all paid for by advertising. Isn't that phenomenal? You can visit this site on a daily basis and keep one person, who might otherwise die, alive for one more day.

And that's only the start! There are five other links on the page. They lead to the Rainforest Site, the Kids AIDS site, the Child Survival site, the Breast Cancer site and the Landmine site. It takes less than 30 seconds - 10 clicks in all (11 if you count the Hunger site) - to move through all of them.

You can help save 50 acres of rainforest a month, help children survive AIDS and other atrocities, donate free mammograms and help save lives and limbs.

30 seconds a day. If you shot through a traffic light today and saved yourself 30 seconds in getting to the next one, and at the end of the day found yourself with 30 seconds to spare, how would you use that time? Here's a suggestion of a way to use those 30 seconds.

But how are we going to remember to visit The hunger site on a daily basis? We might do it a couple of times, but we're bound to forget after that, aren't we?

No! It's easy! You make it your home page. When you visit www.thehungersite.com, on the left of the page simply click on "More you can do." Then scroll down the page until you come to "Make the Hunger Site your home page." Then click on "Click here for simple instructions."

That way every time you turn on your pc, there it is! There is no reason in the world why we should not do this. If you really utilize the home page that you currently have, then simply bookmark it in your favourites. Then it's always there if you want it.

11 clicks a day, less than 30 seconds - what a difference ABCtales could make to the world if we all do it.

(Suggestion to the editors - If the above makes sense, then how about placing this message in a more prominent position?).