I was watching on last night’s news the  devastating humanitarian crisis that is unfolding in Somalia currently. A crisis in which almost 1000 families a day are arriving at refugee camps due to famine and drought in the region.

As I sat in my comfortable suburban home watching dying children on my shiny new TV with my empty cup of tea and full belly of food reminding me how excessively blessed I am, I was moved to tears, wondering what I can do.

My menial efforts of blogging, making videos and giving to various causes seemed to cry, there must be something more I, we can do.

As Living Color once said in a song,

“…I see the starving africans on tv

I feel it has nothing to do with me

I sent my twenty dollars to live-aid

I’ve aided my guilty conscience to go away”

Is that the best we can offer? Is that the most we can do? 

When I spoke with my wife this morning, the all to familiar despair entered our conversation, “what else can we do?” The enormity of the situation can become like a paralysis which can often result in those of us who are blessed, throwing our hands up and doing nothing more than what we are already doing.

However I believe that individuals can make a difference, if we will just push ourselves beyond what we are comfortable with and challenge ourselves to do just a little bit more than we did the day before. And together we can change the way things are for the better. It just requires us to do something, not everything, just one thing…

In my search for something more that I can do, I went to OneDayswages.org and thought I would share it with you. OneDaysWages.org, puts you in the drivers seat. It lets you choose what cause you would like to be involved in and gives you the opportunity to take the initiative and make a difference. All by donating 1 days wages to a cause that you believe in. 100% of your donation goes to the cause you choose in fighting extreme poverty.

Check out this video as another suggestion you can consider the next time you ask your self “What can I do???”

Go on, be inspired, make some noise and change your world….