Submitted by Rhonda (not verified) on February 23, 2008 - 9:51pm.
Great segment, and exactly the kind of thing we need and expect from CEM. I don't have television, and would never have known about this program on NOW otherwise.
One thing that Maria didn't get into too much is that there really are concrete ways that we can help. Even though the value of the dollar has fallen dramatically in the last year or so, we still have tremendous buying power compared to other countries. For example, I sponsor a little girl in India through a children's charity. You know how much it is for me to put this child in private school? $125 a year. Seriously. That's tuition, uniforms, and books. For that amount of money, and what it can mean to someone's life (not to mention the positive spill over to the rest of the family and community), it's a no-brainer. I'm not writing this to make everyone think I'm Wonderful (because I'm really really not), but to illustrate just how little it takes to change a life.
One of the things I have always loved about public radio (even though I am disenchanted with WYPR at the moment) is that it is more than entertainment; it really is a public service and a forum for meaningful discussion of critical issues like child marriage that are not "sexy" enough to make it to the corporate airwaves. I'm glad to see the CEM is picking up the ball that WYPR has dropped.
Great segment, and exactly
Great segment, and exactly the kind of thing we need and expect from CEM. I don't have television, and would never have known about this program on NOW otherwise.
One thing that Maria didn't get into too much is that there really are concrete ways that we can help. Even though the value of the dollar has fallen dramatically in the last year or so, we still have tremendous buying power compared to other countries. For example, I sponsor a little girl in India through a children's charity. You know how much it is for me to put this child in private school? $125 a year. Seriously. That's tuition, uniforms, and books. For that amount of money, and what it can mean to someone's life (not to mention the positive spill over to the rest of the family and community), it's a no-brainer. I'm not writing this to make everyone think I'm Wonderful (because I'm really really not), but to illustrate just how little it takes to change a life.
One of the things I have always loved about public radio (even though I am disenchanted with WYPR at the moment) is that it is more than entertainment; it really is a public service and a forum for meaningful discussion of critical issues like child marriage that are not "sexy" enough to make it to the corporate airwaves. I'm glad to see the CEM is picking up the ball that WYPR has dropped.