I want to throw the following numbers out there.
- Haiti’s debt: $800 million (recently dropped from 2 billion).
- Avatar has grossed: $1.8 billion.
- Difference: $1 billion.
I always said if I ever came across an abundance of money, through lottery, inheritance or some other mystics that I would donate half to charity – typically in the past I’ve suggested AID’s research. I don’t claim to know much about Haiti, being owned by the ridiculous French going back to the 18th and 19th century only fuels my ignorance… however if your pockets were lined thick would you not help out?
My modest $50 donation was the least that I could do; I’m by no means a humanitarian. Australia’s population is around 21 million, if everyone donated $10 that’d put a serious dent the aforementioned debt. $10, that’s less than 3 cents a day.. how poor are you really?
Dig deep my friends, I implore you to donate now.
Fact: Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere.