"Even today we don't pay serious attention to the issue of poverty, because the powerful remain relatively untouched by it. Most people distance themselves from the issue by saying that if the poor worked harder, they wouldn't be poor.” ~Muhammad Yunus
http://kimedia.blogspot.com/2014/02/kingdom-of-destitution.html
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Anthony Clarke
Where's the money
Alex Jones
Peace to you +Jendhamuni Sos. Thank you for posting this and reminding all of us of our collective responsibility to love all humans.
Jendhamuni Sos
+Alex Jones Thank you. We need this to remind us that in a real world there are many worse things than our little problems. That's why I do not like to complain about any personal matter because it's too small comparing to others…
Desrai Moody
Oh no,,this so sad,,,sometimes we complain about silly things nd there the elderly have no place to live,,,
Alex Jones
+Jendhamuni Sos I am grateful to have you in circles. Such a gentle soul you are.
Rosemary Rojas
+Jendhamuni Sos, very touch, take care dear friend, 🙁
Aldair Cota Machado
Imagem que deixa a gente triste!
Kush Bapuji
I wish poverty never exsisted
Stefan Thiesen
Even in economically rising countries like China, Malaysia or Brazil – even the US and some of the Eastern EU countries – many old people quickly drop into poverty because there is no pension and health insurance system – or it doesn't suffice to allow for a decent life. As long as you work and fit into the machine and pay taxes you may live, but as soon as you get old or sick or disabled the economy coughs you out. Every member of society deserves protection, deserves the right to live a decent life, independent of individual shortcomings, age, gender, health issues, skin or hair color – and independent from the cold and random "market forces".
Kayla Spraggins
Go girl
Gordon Lee
+Jendhamuni Sos I am ashamed to be so ignorant to think your postwar conditions have turned into paradice. Without someone having the courage to display this photo, I would have remained blind. So many beautiful images you have provided gave me a very wrong impression. I know saying I'm sorry are only words, but you cannot see the great sadness accompanying the tears from a heart swollen with grief.
John Marvin
I Love Grandmas, they are so loving and wise. I depended on my Grandma for life lessons up until the day she died. God bless their Souls!
Jose Garcia
question for you..
I haven't gone to church over the years..in a few months back..I decided to try it.why is it..when I walked in I started to cry.??
Jackylen Loo
Oh my god (??) Why we have people like that (??) Im so touching this her (?_?)
John Marvin
Jose, the Spirit of God's Love is trying to communicate with you! Give Him a chance an see what happens.
Jose Garcia
I have a lot to tell..how I've been feeling different now
Jose Garcia
it started a few months back..trust me I can go on and on..
John Marvin
Talk to God like you would talk to your best Friend, listen for His voice and you will hear Him.
Jose Garcia
Thxs
Bichara Moussa
Hhggh
Pieter Hibma
Awful at that age society should take care of the elderly. I know you see people in their 70's selling drinks and snacks. Awful.
vachhani mahendra
God help all peaple in his elder life
Eugen Grathwohl
It is sad to say, but just giving changes nothing. I strongly believe that we are poor or rich because of our state of mind and the lesson we have to learn! But I am biased. I am more concerned changing the awareness of the poor that that of the rich (maybe because there are more poor people) But I am also sure that the only person I can change is ME. So why does a situation like this want me to take action?
Shri Ram Singh
The day we start seeing the pain and agony of poor people who are not in position even to help themselves and feel compassion in our minds, we shall become true human. Siddhartha was a crown prince; he saw and felt pain and agony of poor and became Gautam Buddha.
Chukwuemeka Paul
oh … is this real ? dear friend
Rajan Sehgal
Reality. ..This is the real fact.
Niranjan Patil
jendhamuni sos good morning & have a nice day
Sherry Perry
SAD !!
Eli Wallace
May God poor out his mercy on His poor child.
Roshan. Mainali Lin
Oh my god
Kyle Hugues
let people know
Yurie Puri
So sad..look it this
eleanor morales
Plz MAMA MARY….help the poor peoples in CAMBODIA!!!!!
palash kumar
u r true +eleanor morales
Abdul Halim
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Reverend Steve Pastor DD RMT
It is so easy to look at the impoverished conditions of the elderly and many working poor and pass judgment and blame – towards the impoverished people, the family, the community, et cetera. And compassion? Where is the compassion an hour or a day later?
Shri Shri Ram, Shri Shri Krishna, the Buddha Siddhartha Gautama, Jesus, Shri Paramahansa Yogananda all demonstrated daily examples of compassion and unconditional love.
Yes, a key missing aspect for the impoverished and the elderly experiencing prosperity daily is the "pay it forward" training and practice of helping and serving others with "giving a hand up, not a hand out".
I will illustrate with a personal example. When, as I reached the age of 62 and was dealing with serious medical issues, my employer of over 25 years began reducing my income and benefits (under the guise of company downsizing). By July 2013, my benefits (working and retirement) would be lowered by over 30%. At that time, I still faced 6 years of working to be eligible for full retirement benefits. With another downsizing effort underway in July 2013, I was facing lowered working and retirement benefits that both would be much lower that early retirement benefits. Plus, I was told that I would also be facing a terminal layoff with loss if access to retirement benefits. These past 8 months, on early retirement, I have been waiting for my retiree benefits to start. From others, I have learned that it can take around a year to process and start retiree benefits for early retirees. I could become one of those "lost" grandpas with no home, no medical care, and few resources to access (family or community), since I technically have (from estimates on paper) access to sufficient retirement benefits (eventually), and few living family members.
Military Veterans face similar issues and delays.
Prayer Teams at Churches add the names of disenfranchised people onto their Prayer Lists. But no Church members reach out those who have been disenfranchised with regular offers of a "hand up" – other than occasional outreach excursions with offers of "hand-outs" of a hot meal, a blanket, some toiletries, et cetera.
Compassion is not an "occasional" event. Compassion is the regular "hand-up" and creating the bond and environment of "paying it forward". Remember, the experiences we have become the wisdom we share with others.
khurana richa
absolutly r8….
Rohit Khulal
Oh my god ..
nilukachandani weerasinghe
Oh my god, sadness, so many peoples suffering for the poverty in worldwide.
ade bader
that hard for them .. they give thier happy and youth life for thier childerns
Chorum Ventus
"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy." – Matthew 5, 7.
Anwar Khan
Poverty is prevailing all over the world.
prakash b
Its the sin of mankind
That old people have to live this
An sometimes its the sin of this old people themselves bcs
When the were young the enjoyed life too much wd evils an habits wh they cant afford without earning
Life is lived wd meaning
An keeping old age in calculation
eleanor morales
How about u born poor people….
prodip haloi
Thanks for your remembrance "We must have responsibility for them who are old and weak..
Abdullah Alshamsi
We must pay attention to the issue of poverty because if you aske himself who many people were deid by poverty
Cathy D.H.
yo creo que cada uno tenemos un carma y la question es que he hecho para ser pobre?.La vida es solo una experiencia y el dinero solo una energía…
khalid mahmood bhullar
may god save everyone from such like old and helpless life
haneesuni suni
Hello
Corina Farser
Oh my that is sooooo sad I wish I could help
linus kimani
no ntwk
sebestyen tiberiu
That'RUDE (i'm sorry but is true!)
mady sach
NICE
Edson Mutti
Absurdly sad
Criselo R. De Reyes
I would never let my Grand Ma be homeless.
maraga kora
god bless
Pallavi Kulkarni
Feeling vry sad….shit y ths al hapns wit thz people..jejus bless her
sebestyen tiberiu
+Pallavi Kulkarni Powerty is all araund you You only deed eyes to See!