Morning Mocha – The Hunger Site
A few days ago, I started listing the sites in my morning Internet ritual.
My second stop is The Hunger Site. I click on a button, and in some way I don’t quite understand, I give a cup of rice to a hungry child somewhere in the world. It takes only a few seconds. The site is, so far as I can see, completely legitimate: It is commercial, but in the interest of good causes – mostly small economic ventures world wide. Those sponsors pay the cost of the rice via their advertising. If you have questions about all that, check out their “About This Site.”
What does my morning click on the “Give ” button represent to me? It’s a reminder of that Buddhist principle (as though Buddhism invented it!) that there is suffering in the world, and that we need to be mindful of it. It is a daily reminder that the suffering is large and my help is small – but that it seems better to click for a bowl of rice than to do nothing.