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I Helped the Needy

I    HELPED   THE   NEEDY

I took the money and kept it to support my own family for a year
Then asked  their permission to leave for a year and work in Africa
I went to  Kenya, to  a poor  family and their poor school there, which I had read about
Teaching is my trade so I taught them everything I knew
About English, math, wood construction, health, business
And many other things.   I showed them how much the rich
Westerners care for them by being with them and sharing their burden
The end of the year came  and I went home to my family
Glad to be back, but also glad to have worked  in Africa
Years later some children had pursued their education with their  better English
Had become doctors and teachers and builders and  businessmen
They made efforts to change their country and make it a better place for all Kenyans
All the sick people, the uneducated, the homeless, the jobless
Who previously had little chance of  improvement  now had a better start
I felt that the benefit of education would ripple down from generation t o generation
I guess time will tell if I was right to take the money for my own family.