As
we come to the end of a difficult and cruel year for many, I would like
to thank those marvellous people we call volunteers. It is thanks to
their efforts and dedication that we have been able to help as many
children as we have, both here in Mallorca and in the third world.
Mediterranea
is not an end in itself, it is a means where by people, mainly
children, get the help they need, firstly to help them survive and
secondly to help them develop and grow as they deserve. We are at
present helping over 2000 children in all our projects.
The
next few years are going to be very challenging. The way things have
gone in our society makes it very unlikely that families struggling
through great hardship are going to be able to climb easily out of the
pit of misery. We have two options, either we as a society get organized
and help those we can, as best we can, or we just turn our backs on
them and leave them to their destiny. These situations challenge us a
species and as a society. What we are worth is not what we have but just
how much we are willing to do for others.
Europe
over the last 400 years has had civil wars, revolutions, social
movements, political unrest, wars and world wars in its struggle to
obtain a better quality of life, social justice, well being, and even
peace. Now with the crisis all of that, that was obtained with so much
sacrifice, is being destroyed bit by bit, plucked like the petals of a
daisy.
Society has been tested to see just how much it will tolerate
before erupting and we are sadly becoming accustomed to accepting the
suffering of others. In Mediterranea we feel that as humans we have the
ability and right to decide and we have the chance to get up and work
for a better and more just society. We refuse to stand and watch the
suffering of others and we do not accept injustice as a natural part of
our social make up.
It
is an honour to help in a just cause with people who do not take in to
account race, colour, political ideology or creed and who just work for
the love of mankind.
So
as to be able to keep up our projects, and even expand them we are
going to need the help of our fortunate, like ourselves, members of our
society. Volunteering or becoming a member, or even better, becoming
both things is a sure way of being able to become a part of the
solution.
So
if you too want to help make our society a better place and help give
children a better future then do not hesitate to become a member of
Mediterranea, and if you have some time on your hands then become a
volunteer too. It will help change other peoples lives, and it will very
likely change and enrich yours too.
Happy New Year.
