Yesterday was World Food Day, today is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty and the first national Poverty day established in our country. The two days are linked to a certain extent, reflecting the close relationship between "food" and "poverty alleviation"-the former being one of the necessary conditions for the latter. How to commemorate these two livelihood days? In addition to the relevant departments issued a proposal, called "From my start, save a grain of grain", a "hunger 24 hours" of public welfare activities by netizens widely sought after.
Borrow this newspaper before two days of comment title "Collect ' China bad voice ', good idea", then experience "hunger 24 hours" is also a "good idea"? Let me introduce the event launched by the China Foundation for poverty alleviation: Participants experience hunger from 16th 20 o'clock to 17th 20 o'clock, during which they can share their experience plans, experience, etc., and invite three friends to participate in the experience, if the friend can not complete, can also do one thing for this activity, such as: their own microblog, micro-letter or QQ Avatar during the event to change to "hunger 24 hours" activity icon, donated to the equivalent of a day meal fee to support the "Love Snacks" project, improve the nutritional status of children in poor areas. The public should not be unfamiliar with the pattern of activity, which is completely a replica of the "Ice Bucket challenge" that has swept the world recently. Because the imitation traces are too thick to create too few ingredients, so the activity is not a "good idea". However, it is not a "good idea".
Since the reform and opening up, China has achieved more than 600 million people out of poverty, last year to achieve food production, "10 increase", has long been basic self-sufficiency in cereals, food rations absolutely safe. In the face of these dazzling achievements, many people have a lack of empathy for "food and poverty" and feel that they are far from their own lives. And on the basis of this understanding, you call on them to pay attention to food security, save a grain, common to eliminate poverty, the conscious response is afraid few. In fact, there are still a lot of poor people in our rural areas, about 200 million per day, according to the World Bank's 1.25 dollar living expenses. At the same time, China's annual table waste of about 200 billion yuan, equivalent to more than 200 million people a year of food rations. One side is the poor, the other is a huge waste, which we must face up to the reality, is also the point of two days. How to get more people to face up to the problem requires both highlighting the problem-oriented and the public's experience of hunger and poverty. The meaning of "starvation 24 hours" is here, and the participants not only pay more attention to the food problem, but also understand the pain of poverty.
Hunger has been a memory of generations of Chinese wounds, there are such memories of people have been accustomed to saving. But hunger memories are disappearing among young people, especially urban youths, who do not know what hunger is and how miserable poverty is. If there is a chance to experience a contrast, these urban youth should be more cherish the immediate happiness. In this sense, more young people should experience the "hunger 24 hours", so that hunger is an important part of the memory of life. This experience should not be limited to the two days of food day and poverty alleviation, and can be widely promoted. At the same time, in the growth of young people should be more similar experience-type education, which can help them to more truly understand the society, more courageous to face the difficulties. Now, for many big city students, like to participate in a variety of summer camps, or travel, but often choose the expensive "rich camp, Rich Tour", and what they lack is the Chinese rural especially poor rural understanding. China's urban and rural dual structure, has not only the material level, in many people's psychological also has been "estrangement" opened. To change this situation, may wish to more on the poor rural experience, to participate in a number of rural-oriented "poor camp, poor tour."
Hunger and poverty are heavy topics, and if you can get more people to care and participate in the easy way of "starvation for 24 hours", even a "show" question will do. On the contrary, this kind of experience needs more, because we need a "negative" memory such as hunger, poverty, so that we can face up to the problem and solve the problem, we can cherish the now within reach of the "positive" life. (Nanfang daily commentator)
(Source: Nanfang Daily)