Derek!

Introduction

Mr. Fisher asked us to write about two blog posts that we found interesting. One post that found interesting was a post by The Nata Village Blog. They wrote about how a house in their neighboring village burnt down. The other post I found interesting was a post by Elaine. She wrote about how some people are poor and live in poverty.

“Family in Zoroga loses everything when their rondavel burns”

This post was written on November 30, 2006. It is about how Nata Village helped a family in Zoroga after they lost everything in the fire. I think this was very nice of Nata Village. They ask for your support to help this family. Please support if you can.

I can’t imagine how the kids must be feeling right now. I know I would be very upset if my house had burnt down and everything in it was destroyed. It makes me even more thankful for what I have and that my house didn’t burn down.

I wish the best of luck to Nata Village and the family in Zoroga.

“SAD, DEPRESSING, INDESCRIBABLE, BUT TRUE FACTS”

This post was written on November 13, 2006. It is about poverty and how a lot of people in the world are poor. I think this post was very well written and it brings out an important issue.

Elaine explains how almost half the world lives on two dollars a day. I was shocked when I read this. I could never imagine living on two dollars a day. She also states that one billion people entering the 21st century can’t even read, write, or sign their own names. I thought it was weird because I have been jealous of people in my class that can write neater than me. Now, I’m not. Here is a quote from Elaine’s blog: “There is a range of 2.2 billion children in the world and there are billion children in the world in poverty.” I found this very sad.

I thank Elaine for showing me and the other people that viewed this post that poverty is a really big issue and to be thankful for what we have.