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Investing in the poor pays much for the rich

Donations are oft times viewed as wasteful endeavours by those foolish few who do not 'need' but can afford to give and should have.

It is nothing but a wreck of a thought and act of pruning short cuts for the lazy and the ignorants, so they say when challenged on a subject. Uttering lines like : 'The poor need to up theirs and learn to earn a keep or rather game aboard for a bit of some lengthy try to reap some sow' - reluctant to hand over to even the legit needy.

To the witty, it is a long term investment aid in reverse. Not in monetary or tangible resource only but soulful reward in favour of the entire nation. So, the witty give joyously without doubt, disbelief and question.

Faith, love and care are all rooted deep in their spirits and they know that donations matter much since 'no man was born an island'. I so wish that the world can help better their neighbours' lives, and urge those foolish few to rethink their hearts out.

Ebola is an 'yearly' outbreak-pandemic more so in African countries like Guinea, Sierra Leone, Niger etc. The disease is easily transmittable and kills 'halve of the infected' at length with control being difficult once the outbreak goes helter-skelter (The tropical disease, which is proving fatal in 70% of cases, has claimed more than 4 500 lives in West Africa, making it the largest Ebola epidemic in history - News24).

However, the disease could have been controlled or diminished if the poor countries had all the necessary/enough vaccines and/or apparatus to fight such and the more. Thus containing it from spreading to other countries - where DONATIONS should have come from. The witty, thereby avoiding the statistical affection to one's loved ones know better than to grumble as the foolish few. Failing to contain it abet in spreading the disease to other countries.

The foolish few now will have to suffer the tears of infection, affection and so forth. Hard to contain, more funding is now going to be in great demand since the disease will have been wiping all the loved ones irrespectively. All in all I'd like say now 'early investments' for oneself's sake in health and the many necessary sectors starts with a smallest donation.

Let's give aid to other countries who are in dire need, so that they can have access to good health and life's necessities (B. Obama) early in prevention than cure. If we can, none would have to fail at a later stage as we would have prepared for rain days many times before its coming. Otherwise, everything that affects your neighbour will soon come to haunt you too because life's agonies are obviously and truly contagious.

Thereby, those who have must help those who don't if they themselves love their own. Conclusively it all means that 'Investing in the poor pays out big in longer terms for the rich'. Rich - rich can be in monetary wealth or maybe emotional and spiritual. I glare as I look today, even the spiritual investments aren't pouring in as much as they should have.

However, should ebola now come to us we will endeavour so earnestly into begging Lord Mighty to stop it day and night. Prayer investments also are needed before hand. Investing (being soulful, emotional, spiritual or physical) into the poor indeed pays big for the rich in return.
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