I want to cancel Christmas! How on earth can we celebrate, giving gifts, many of which will be unwanted. Eating & drinking too much & wasting even more food than usual. Being hedonistic while the world literally burns around us.
I really don't want to be a part of it. "Putting ones head in the sand" really doesn't cover it.
Afghanistan - Around 10 million children across Afghanistan urgently need humanitarian assistance to survive. Without urgent action, almost one million children could be severely malnourished by the end of the year. 1 in 3 people are hungry and 2 million children are malnourished. With drought, pandemic, and conflict, the food security situation will continue to worsen; and hunger will rise.
Yemen - 16.2 million people are food insecure. 1.1 million women and children under 5 receive World Food Programme nutrition support every month. 20.1 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance in 2021
Syria - 12.4 million people are food insecure. 4.8 million people receive lifesaving food from WFP each month. WFP’s funding requirement until February 2022 is US$ 479.7 million.
These situations are directly brought about by Western Government policies. By our actions or lack of action. We voted for our governments who seem to treat these people as "collateral damage". Then the NGO's have to go in & try to pick up the pieces.
We should all be angry about this. An accident of birth means that we are relatively safe & secure. We have spare money to spend on Christmas & New Year. We are going to celebrate.
What the hell is there to celebrate at the moment? 😪
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