In the United States we thrive with the three necessities to survive: food, water and shelter. Some countries do not have what we think are the basic needs of survival. Zimbabwe, for example, goes through severe food shortages everyday thanks to their economic and political crisis. Young children and adults wonder if what they ate yesterday will be the last thing they eat for days.

Hopefully, these food shortages will come to an end in the next month. Almost 50 prominent figures in South Africa have taken a stand in this crisis that is taking lives of men, women and children everyday. Figures including Desmond Tutu and Kumi Naidoo have sworn off food in an attempt to end the food shortages. These 'hunger strikers' have a list of six demands they hope to accomplish with their strike. Please read the six demands made by these strikers.

Thousands of miles away in the United States, we take for granted how comfortable and predictable our lives our. We enjoy freedoms that not all countries have the pleasure of enjoying. We have food on our plate three times a day. The people of Zimbabwe only dream of these things.

Being thousands of miles away, one believes there is little we can do to save those in Zimbabwe. Wrong. Visit Save Zimbabwe Now! to learn about the many ways we Americans can help them. Many already have pledged to skip meals or give money. We have such a comfortable lifestyle in the United States, even in times of economic down turn.

Every man, woman and child deserves to enjoy the basic survival necessities. Food, water and shelter; only three things. Who would have known that people around the world are living without. Everyone deserves the basic needs of survival.