More than a year later, covid-19 is still changing our lives: missed vacations, canceled parties and more. These are changes we wish didn’t happen. However, I hope that the pandemic has also brought good changes, and has turned us into kinder people who care about the most vulnerable and are willing to help.
If we think that covid-19 has deprived us of many things, people in poor countries are worse off. Not only are they not receiving enough aid to stop the spread of the virus, but the pandemic is also exacerbating poverty. In such difficult times, taking action is essential.
There’s a very powerful way we can make an impact on global poverty: advocacy. This is what the organization I work for, The Borgen Project (borgenproject.org), is focused on. By pressuring for global poverty to become a priority to our leaders in D.C. (Rep. Conor Lamb and Sens. Bob Casey and Pat Toomey), we can help millions of people receive the help they need.
If the pandemic has brought changes, let some of those changes be good. Let us be more compassionate and caring to one another, and give up a little bit of our time and effort to help out the people who have lost hope.
Leticia Alcaraz
Pine