Want to change the world? Make it a better place? Want to feel like you've really done something good? Don't spend money on a pet. Instead, give that money to improve the life of a child. If you already own a pet make a pledge it will be your last. Donate the monthly cost of a new pet to a children's charity of your choice. Even half of the average cost, just $30 a month, makes a huge difference in the life of a child in a poor country. If you've been thinking about getting a dog or cat pledge to donate to a children's charity instead. This decision can literally saves lives.
The amount of money spent on pets per month in the USA could easily feed, educate and support all at risk children in the poorest nations of the world. It's estimated that the US pet industry grossed over 60 billions dollars in 2016. Recent statistics show that the 80% of all people live on less than $10 a day, many, quite a bit less. Countries in Africa and those in South East Asia have a majority of their population at or below the poverty level. Many South East Asian families live on less than two hundred dollars a month.
The US pet industry generated over 60 billion dollars in 2016. What if even one quarter of this money was put toward helping children and the poor? Can you imagine the difference it would make? How many forgotten children could be given hope and a stable life? Yet many of us in rich western countries casually own pets only to neglect them when they get old, leave them alone all day and spend thousands of dollars each year on them and for what? Why?
The average cost of owning a cat in the USA is between $7,700 and $18,300.00 a year. For dogs the average price is $20 to $100 a month. The USA spends many billions of dollars on pet's while children in countless nations around the world are starving and suffering. Imagine what even a small percentage of that money could do for a child with no parents, no home or abandoned to under funded orphanages that struggle to operate in some of the most sordid places on earth.
Now imagine the feeling of knowing that you've genuinely made a difference in the life of a little boy or girl left abandon in a world. Helping a kid in a place where poverty is rampant and street children sell themselves just to eat. You can make the difference between misery and happiness, health or sickness, between life and death in an innocent child’s life. Here's how.
If you currently own a pet, make a pledge that it will be your last. Use the money you would have spent on a new pet to save a child. Average cost per month to support a pet falls between $20 to $100. You can pledge all, half or whatever you'd like to one of the orphanages listed here on kidsnotdogs.com
Think of it. The money you spend each month on your dog or cat could save the life of an child who might otherwise lead a life of misery or worse yet, die. Give. Share in the feeling of doing something truly good, of knowing you've brought hope to the life of a child who might otherwise be forgotten. Don't own a pet, instead give to children.
Please visit our suggested charities page for a short list of good Kids not Dogs approved organizations that will take your donation directly. Donate what you would ordinarily spend on a pet to the children's charity of your choice.
Please feel free to give us your story here. We await your comments. Thank you for considering our Kids not Dogs pledge to help a needy child.
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Statistics of world child poverty
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