Project idea. (First time put anything down on paper about what had been going through my head.)

Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been thinking and praying about how God can use me to make a difference. I’ve come in contact with a lot of groups that are making a difference in the world, and I want to do something too! Unfortunately, I’m not quite like the people that I’ve heard of in one crucial way. I’m not extremely passionate about one issue. I have heard staggering numbers about things that are going on in the world like there are 27,000,000 slaves in the world right now. Or that one well in an African village can cut the death rate in half. These are issues that can and should be changed. But I just don’t have a special passion about one issue. Then I realized that I do have something that I’m passionate about! It’s the fact that people, (Americans specifically) are so clueless. We are one of the richest nations in the world, yet so many people either don’t know about the issues, or they don’t know how they can help, or both. We could make a difference if we wanted to.

So, how can I change that? I’m just a kid. I’ve never really traveled, and I don’t know people in high places that could help me. I’ve come to the conclusion that the best way for me to make a difference is to start a website. My idea for the website is that it would become basically a go-to for people that want to get more informed on current issues. (Like poverty, food and water problems, malaria, AIDS, slavery, etc.) There will be articles on the issues that are really pressing that a lot of people don’t know about. Since I obviously can’t do all that research and writing on my own, I’m going to contact groups that focus on specific issues and ask them to write or just provide an article about the problem, and what they are doing to help. Have an issue of the month/week and then give lists/articles of groups that are making a difference. The main purpose of the website is to have one place for people to go to where they can read up/inform themselves on current issues and if they feel called to help, show them how. So many people just don’t know that they can make a difference.