Charity. There are times when we see a news clip in the newspaper, a coverage on the news channel, the headlines during our daily visit to cnn.com or even in our daily conversations with friends, we wish we could do more to make things better. Not being a millionaire (or more like billionaire these days) with tons of money to splurge on luxuries, we feel that we are pretty much useless. Is that true? NOT ＡT ALL!
The Members Project is an effort made by American Express to support projects that help make a difference in the world. Nope, you don't have to make any donations, all you have to do is vote. AMEX had compile a bunch of projects and through several discussions and voting cycle, they are now done to the last 5 projects. The winning project will be given USD１.5 million to implement it. It may just be a vote but your vote will count towards which project gets the money they need to help make the world a better place. What is in it for us? A good deed token. That is all. You don't even have to be an AMEX card holder to cast your vote. Out of the 5 projects, Ping chosed the one to help save the lives of malnourished children. There definitely is a need to provide the right kind of food to malnourished children. If it is only 'we did donate food', do you think that is much help? Maybe. But what if they are not getting the right kind of food they need? They can't be eating white rice everyday. (Sure, we always say 'boh lui lang chiak pek pui' but that is not helping them at all!!) To help them whole-heartedly, it has to be the right kind of food. This way, we solve two problems at once - starvation and malnourishment.
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