Part of being a Christian and generally a good person is to be selfless with our finances. I have been feeling that call more often lately as I see people struggle with the economy and I am in the fortunate position to go on an extended overseas vacation.
I have heard and heard of sermons in the past which call us to watch our money so closely that we are even aware of what we are doing when buying a chocolate bar and thinking about how else that money could be used. I don’t really agree with that logic as I think it puts far too much focus on the money itself rather than the attitude behind it, but for those who do and want a little excuse – I have found this website:
http://www.thebicyclefactory.ca/Landing.aspx
It is from Cadbury chocolates. When you buy one of their bars you can log in, enter the code on the bar and they will donate bike parts towards African villages; 100 bars and someone will get a new bike. I encourage you not to eat 100 bars, but even if 10 of you have 10 bars over the course of a few months…
The flipside to this argument is that I have heard rumours of Cadbury using slave labour to harvest the cocoa beans required for chocolate. So maybe it’s not guilt free, but if you’re going to eat it anyway you might as well help someone.
That is very cool. Is it an international thing or just in canada?
(i didn’t click the link in case this is a test like the keeping a man post!!)
Well Lucas and I can testify to your giving spirit and now we can give to others in the name of chocolate!
also check out http://www.konaafricabike.com/
if you need a simple bike that also looks pretty cool, buy one of these. For every 2 sold, 1 bike goes to Aids nurses in Africa.
Nice.