Tag: children

Have a Sombre Eid Everyone!

Sohaib Athar6 Comments

Aren’t you tired of the monotonous “Happy” and “Mubarik” Eids year after year? Why not try something different, like a “Sombre” Eid, for a change?

Don’t hand a 1000 rupee note to every one of your ten nephews. They already have plenty and will blow the money up in a day. Give them each a 50 Rs. chocolate instead, they would be just as happy. Use the 9500 rupees to feed a child. Like this one. For many months. Take your nephews with you. Compare.

Eidi Candidate
Eidi Candidate

Do you really need those new clothes? Isn’t your wardrobe full already? They’ll go out of fashion next year. Or next month. Wear your best clothes on Eid. They don’t have to be new. Buy milk for this child instead. Before he dies. Realize.

Hungry Child
A Pakistani Child

Skip one Eid visit to a friend who lives 20 kilometers away. Save 500 rupees in fuel and the eid cake that you were going to take with you. Drive around your residence until you find a child like this one, or this one. Give the money to her. Your friend has a cellphone, wish him over the phone. Tell him what you did. He’ll understand.

Hungry Girl
A Pakistani Girl

Turn the TV off for a few hours. It will only make you crave more stuff to buy. Instead of wasting time on the special Eid broadcasts for a few hours, read a book with your child – or read The Book. One more day won’t hurt. Learn.

A change may do you good.

http://edhi.org/contacts.htm

http://www.azadfoundation.org/

http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/sponsor-a-child/asian-child-sponsorship/pakistan.htm

http://www.uwt.org/Countries/Pakistan_Charity.asp

Allergic Terrorists

ReallyVirtual

I just got a 12 point "Security Update" from my kid's school. Point number 12 says [italics are mine]:

Kindly user private cars if possible while picking-up and dropping off your children. We have been informed that the terrorists are allergic to uniform and liveried personnel.

Interesting choice of words there… but I was wondering, if terrorists are allergic to uniforms, shouldn't we keep uniformed people around us all the time, and wear them ourselves if we can? I can see where they are coming from though, a few kids in the school are the progeny of some police people at some high posts, and are usually picked up and dropped off in an official police SUV with 3 or 4 bodyguards who sit outside the school waiting for the kid. Its a good thing I don't (have to) pay taxes, so its not my money that is being used there.

The update also says:

On a final note please talk to your children about the current situation of our city and create and awareness of our surroundings.

Now THAT is really really hard when you have a 5 year old child. I would have to think for hours to choose the right words, so that the few thousand neural connections that the chat will create in his small brain will not affect him throughout his life in a negative way.

Iraqi Children are Dying – Confidently

ReallyVirtual3 Comments

Iraqi Children

The American government is intent on justifying America's war against children terror by any possible means, but this 'research' funded by the US Military is a sad joke. It claims that the invasion boosted the self-esteem of Iraqi teenagers. Ofcourse, they are still dying, but at least they are dying honorably. As we have been American allies for all these years, so perhaps the US Army can come and raise our self-esteem too, we need it and our overlords owe us that much! 'Redacted', by the way, was a thought-provoking movie that should be required watching for all American allies.