Just being me.

Awareness

Many a times, we get caught up in our own lives that we forget that there are so much more bigger problems than the ones we face everyday. <

Do you know that women in India are set on fire 'cos their family cannot afford to pay for their dowry? And the root of that problem is because they view women as a burden in their family so they want to marry them off. What kind of logic is that? And many of the women who are burnt die soon after because they can't recover from their injuries? After watching the programme, it really made me sit back and pause for a moment to reflect on how lucky we are to be living in a well-developed country. Another thing is that in Ethiopia, there is almost no healthcare for women in rural villages? So women who are in labour do not have any access to any doctors or midwifes or anything? So they are left in their own house, and they just push continuosly(for about 5-6 days), urged on by their relatives and in most cases, deliver a stillborn? And as a result of that, because of all the pushing, a fistula is formed whereby urine and bowel contents just flow out uncontrollably? And the only way to mend it is to have it sewn up. And this women are so young.....because they are married off at a young age, as early as 8 or 9. And they are usually pregnant even before their bodies are ready for it.

The reason why I brought this up is that sometimes, we are just so caught up in our own lives that we fail to stop and count our blessings. Some of us just live to grumble about each day, when actually, they are not aware that there are probably hundreds of thousands of people out there who are not as fortunate as we are, or face more severe problems than us.

posted by ah choy @ 9:12 PM