Horn of Africa

Until yesterday I'd never heard of the Horn of Africa before. It's a region in the continent of Africa, containing the countries Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Somalia. The news was showing certified first responders crying for help. I want to help but like you I sometimes get tired of the number of different charitable organizations. I fear my money won't reach the people who really need it and disappear in the pockets of the corrupt governments. The fact I think like this makes me sad. Of course I want to help. It's my duty as a christian. It's my duty because I'm a second-generation refugee. It's my duty because I would be denying their human right to live.

I'm not rich but I'm willing to share what I can miss. I don't want to act like a saint but in my opinion this is really a time to give money. These people didn't choose for this terrible drought. We need to give these people humanitarian aid because every person deserves dignity. Would you care about them if they were your own family or best friend? I always weigh my food before I make dinner cause I don't want to waste food. Especially after seeing the next picture some years ago.

A Sudanese girl is dying of hunger. The vulture at the back is just waiting for her to die so it can eat her .... This Pulitzer Prize winning picture is from Kevin Carter who committed suicide one year after the picture was taken.

Anyway, I won't judge you if you're not willing to give anything. I just want your time. I remember my aunt telling me she used to make pancakes without meat once a week so she, my uncle and cousins could save money for their foster child. I think it's a good thought. You will teach children the value of giving, their responsibility to take care of the less fortunate and to simply care.(>^^)><(^^<) My grocery budget is € 50,- a week. To follow my aunt's example I will donate every penny I'll save in that budget the next 7 days. Everything will go to giro 555 (a bank account from the Dutch cooperating aid organizations) cause they are specialized in humanitarian aid.

Cooking against famine Day 1

I don't think it's a good thing to eat fried rice with soy sause everyday. It's cheap but I don't need to be on a diet, I'm slim enough.;) I like Spam. I used to eat a lot of Spam when I was 'poor'. It's poor people food, like instant ramen.:D For some reason my mom used to accuse me of eating a lot of onions cause it's what 'poor people' who can't cook eat (???!!!).-____- OK back to Spam. Maybe it's a figment of my imagination but correct me if I'm wrong. I think I've got the frying-spam-thing from my mom. It might be an Asian thing. Hawaiian like frying their spam. They even make some kind of sushi with it, Spam musubi.XD

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I saw this cute Japanese commercial for Spam on Youtube.

For fried Spam Hawaiian style you'll need:

- Rice (as much as you can eat. Left over rice is better but I didn't have any);

- Spam (one can is enough for 4);

- green onion (as much a you like);

- eggs;

- oil;

- soy sauce;

and vegetables you like to eat with it (the recipe didn't say anything about vegetables).

It's really easy to make. Just slice the Spam.

Fry them brown on both sides together with the vegetables. The recipe said to fry the rice and the eggs together with the spam after that. But I fried the eggs separately cause every time I mix it with rice it turns out looking like vomit.:/ Stir-fry everything together and add some soy sause to it. Cut the green onion and sprinkle it on the dish. Dig in!

Grocery budget: € 50,-
Money spent: € 0,00
Money to donate: € 50,-

GIVE!!!