By Dani Greer
It’s the title of the first Little Pickle Press book by Rana DiOrio, but do any of us realize the enormity of the question until disaster strikes? As the natural and man-made emergencies unfold in Japan, we are all learning lessons about being global. The most important, of course, is caring for our fellow humans. Tragedy tends to galvanize us and focus our very best energies to help those in need.
Little Pickle Press, like so many other businesses and individuals, feels compelled to lend support to the people of Japan in some tangible way. For the next month, 20% of the proceeds from any purchases made on our website using LPPJAPAN promo code at checkout will be donated to Mercy Corps. (This is in addition to the 10% that always gets donated to Starlight Children’s Foundation for the What Does It Mean To Be . . . ?® series of books.)
Mercy Corps is a global aid agency engaged in transitional environments that have experienced some sort of shock: natural disaster, economic collapse, or conflict. Aid workers first move as quickly as possible to bring food and supplies to stricken areas. Later they help in enabling people to rebuild their economy with community-driven and market-led programs. The organization was founded in 1979 as Save the Refugees Fund, a task-force organized by Dan O'Neill in response to the plight of Cambodian refugees fleeing famine, war, and genocide. By 1982, the organization had expanded its work to other countries, was joined by Ellsworth Culver (Mercy Corps co-founder), and was renamed Mercy Corps International to reflect its broader mission.
We hope you join us in helping Mercy Corps bring desperately-needed relief to the people of Japan. Because being global means… "understanding how your actions affect another person’s experience.
Being global means being a citizen of the world.
So let's do whatever we can to be global."
Being global means being a citizen of the world.
So let's do whatever we can to be global."
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4 comments:
The tragedy in Japan affords us all an extraordinary opportunity to be compassionate and to demonstrate global citizenship. We salute you for any action you take to help the people of Japan. Thanks for the poignant post, Dani.
The Japanese people simply amaze me, with their fortitude and grace.
It's like Linda Booth Sweeney showed in her LPP newsletter article and blog post about connectivity, we're all part of the same web. It's nice to have children start understanding that at young age. Their compassion and empathy will grow as they grow, hopefully making this a better world! Thank you for such a post LPP!
Thank you for this article Dani, and thank you to LPP for lending support to Japan.
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