Super Saturday

Homeless or Banker?

Super Saturday has been switched up! 

Rather than talking about what has happened solely in the news or a topic in the international sector. We are going to make it a little more personal. If we have experienced something that is socially or environmentally related. We are going to discuss it. 

So let's get to it.

So for today's blog - I want to talk a little bit an experience I had with a Mcdonald voucher, a £2 coin and a Hand of bananas.

So we went out ti film today for one of our upcoming videos for our channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTA32jjgP8ivvaV2EOxiOaA

And our way back - we decided to go to McDonalds to get something to eat. I had only taken £2 out with me because I only wanted to use the £1.99 voucher to buy something. But there was a point where I dropped my camera bag and the money fell out (Which didn't upset me because now I know there was one person out there who is now £2 richer; congratulations!). 

We had gone to the market and my sister had bought some bananas for me because I love fruit but didn't have any money. On our way back we come across this super clean, healthy homeless guy who asked me 'Do you have any spare change?' I responded with 'No, I'm sorry - but would you like a banana?' He responses with 'No, that's alright but thank you'. 

I was confused for a second; if he was homeless and was offered food... why did he refuse?

I let it go. There's nothing I could do about it because I had no money.

We carry on with our journey home and there's another homeless man, but this was different because he was in the same spot everyday. In a tunnel in fact, to keep warm with his friend. I was walking past him and I asked him 'Would you like a banana?'. He looked at me for 2 seconds and then responded with 'No'. At this point I was annoyed. Why weren't these people taking my bananas? If they were desperate - they would take it! If they were homeless - they would take it. 

If it was money - WOULD THEY TAKE IT?

But then again... Can I be mad? I took a second to imagine myself as a homeless person. A genuine homeless person; would I really want someone everyday feeling sorry for me? Treating me different to every other human being just because I had a little less?

The first guy was a little different because everything about him was fresh and clean but that's not to say that he was not homeless. But it is more likely that he just wanted people's money. A survey that I found showed that some homeless people make up to £140 a day; just by begging.

But now my question to you is, what are you going to do the next time you encounter a homeless person?

You will probably walk away. 

But before you do that - don't assume that they are just after your money. As there are some people that will accept anything you are willing to give them. A sandwich perhaps? A hug even?

Humans are humans - no matter how many digits they have in their pocket.

That was my experience with a homeless person today... 

What's your next encounter going to be like?

#ActionForSuperSaturday: Be a Super Hero... imagine yourself - in their shoes. Just for a minute.

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Super Saturday

End Violence Against Women (EVAW) International Day on Friday 25th November 2016.

Forms of violence:
Physical
Sexual
Psychological.

It is important to note what this movement is about. Ending violence against women but it is more than that. It is a situation that has been ongoing but has been stimulated in different forms such as the Maria da Penha tribulation (http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2011/8/maria-da-penha-law-a-name-that-changed-society). Which in the end turned out to be an extraordinary movement for the rights of all women in society. Briefly explaining what happened; Maria was in a relationship with her husband who tried to electrocute her after already shooting her in sleep. It is said that the new Law that has been unforced since this incident has only been applies/used in larger cities. Unfortunately; not all woman are as lucky as to survive these attacks and even 2016 there are still cases of violence towards woman. According to World Health Organisation, 1 in 3 woman world wide are estimated to have experience some sort of violence. 

But it is important to note that it is not only in relationships in general where these acts of violence occurs. In some cultures it is said that men are superior to woman and always will be. 

Rape. 

Violence. 

Death.

Women.

Equal?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/janet-walsh/mass-rapes-to-mass-protes_b_13227522.html

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs239/en/

Decide for yourself. What is going to be your action for today? Are you going to read one of the links above? Learn something new today and keep yourself aware of what is going on around the world. Some of the articles mentioned have provoked others to arise. Such as violence towards woman in Brazil and Kenya even leading onto Women and children. 

Become a percentage wiser than you were yesterday. 

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