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We can tell others within our sphere of influence that child poverty isn't someone else's problem. It's ours, too. And we can make a difference.

We can tell others within our sphere of influence that child poverty isn't someone else's problem. It's ours, too. And we can make a difference.

The Hope Foundation does so much for the children of Kolkata and education is such a huge part of the strategy to break the poverty cycle. This extends into the vital teaching of life skills as the children get older giving young men and women vocational skills that lead to employment.

Worldwide, there are approximately 1 billion children living in poverty, 300 million children without shoes, 22,000 children die each day from poverty. It was these alarming statistics that inspired Kathy to take notice and feel compelled to help.

The Great Famine of Ethiopia is one of the most infamous tragedies to hit a country in recent history. The crisis gripped the African nation from 1983-1985 and affected millions of people, with around 8 million casualties. The massive hunger and poverty of Ethiopia is the subject of Dr. Byron Conner's memoir, The Face of Hunger: Reflections on a Famine in Ethiopia. Today, ReadersMagnet Review takes another look at this haunting narrative of a people's tragedy and how one man and his family responded to the call of medical service and missionary work.

Author Carl E. Moyler pens a compelling comparison between two Nobel Prize winners - Albert Camus and Martin Luther King, Jr. The comparison addresses major concerns about tyranny, injustice, racism, poverty, exploitation and war. Moyler uncovers and reveals in his book that neither man was willing to stand in the face of these devastating issues and do nothing. Moyler finds common ground for the two men in presenting these issues in spite of their differences in terms of racial and cultural backgrounds - one a humane agnostic and the other a seminary trained, in God we trust, preacher.