A Little Research and a Whole Lot of Indignation

Well I did a little research today. I was planning on using it in a paper and then it turned out to not work so well in the context. But along the way I picked up some facts as well as some pretty strong feelings of frustration too.
According to World Vision, over 13,000 children under five from complications of malnutrition every day. Malnutrition of pregnant mothers leads to underweight babies, giving them a "not-good" start at an already hard life. The prime age for crop harvesters in Africa happens to be young adults. The young adults are horrifically affected by the AIDS crisis and (people who are smarter than me and can figure things like this out) are afraid that within a few years too few people in this age demographic will even be around to harvest the food. Malnutrition may increase even more if this is true and will result in more starving kids who will probably not develop fully because of their lack of food. You can guess the result of that...
In short: The cycle is vicious.
If you're like me you wonder where to start to help.
In my small amount of experience I can say that organizations like World Vision know what they're doing more than we do and it's a good idea to turn to them. As far as I've been able to tell, you can trust them to use your money wisely and preach truth.
Another thing I would say is that you can spread the word. No one wants to bring up this subject during a perfectly happy and fast moving conversation. It's such a difficult subject, sometimes it's intimidating to initiate. Let me encourage you to go for it and speak out to educate your fellow Americans. You've been educated so educate your world.
Lastly, allow me to remind you that no one can pray quite like you can. So pray. Whoever you are, if you are a saint of God, His powerful Spirit is real in your life and souls will be saved if you pray. Fellow believers in the rich graces of God's all-knowing will, PRAY. Pray for salvation more than nutrition. Pray for rich fields, full of ripe souls waiting to be scooped by the crop harvesters who wield the Word.

According to World Vision, the recent disasters in Haiti and Chile have led to American teenagers being more likely to give their money to aid efforts. I think this is awesome and very promising. Teenagers are the biggest consumer group in the American society. They know how to swipe their plastic and lay down their cash like none-other. Let's pray this continues and they see more worth in giving to third world countries than to Hollister.

Spread the word, Soldier.