Donor Fatigue
As Hurricane Wilma batters Mexico the world is on the brink of something scary--Donor Fatigue...Still reeling from the Tsunami of Boxing Day 2004, there was earthquakes, pandemics (AIDS-the Avian Flu is expected to head to Africa this month), droughts, famines, the War on Terror, Hurricane Katrina and then the earth quake in Pakistan (3 million homeless) and now they talk of the 20,000 tourists stranded in Mexico...well at least they are stranded in "secure housing" what of the poor of Mexico who have been left to their own devices out in the open or the 250-400 thousand (depending on the news station) evacuated in Cuba.This is what the international scene is heading into the winter months in Canada. The winter months in Canada are a scary time to be poor in Canada, singles and families out in the cold on our streets who are going to freeze to death do to lack of affordable housing, funds being directed to help others in need internationally and loss of much needed clothes and supplies to the broader world.It is going to be a scary winter, I pray that those in need in Canada will not be forgotten, but more so that there will be enough to go around to ensure all come through this winter...ALIVE
-Hoody in AB