I'd never heard this song...But now i love it. I especially love the reggae/blues feel.

I LOVE Free Bird too...but I had to refrain from putting it on the list...It took a lot of restraint.

I think it has less to do with youth losing interest in the programs, and more to do with outdated programs not speaking to the youth. Most volunteer programs try to stress how you can change the world, but kids are smart enough to realize they can't change that much in the confines of a federal program. Instead, they should be stressing how the programs change the lives of the people volunteering. I've chatted with many people who have participated in Peace Corps, and the common belief seems to be that they didn't change the world that much...rather, it was the world that changed them. The youth of today are too smart to tempt with merely monetary gains...they can get that working at Starbucks. Instead, they need to be convinced that their service will not only help the world, but give them some perspective in life.

I'd prefer a world where we worked on a better food distribution system, so that all countries could flourish. A world that was not dependent on first world countries for their survival. A world that wasn't being torn apart by American subsidies.

I believe that we have much larger food distribution issues than just during disasters. However, the only time we want to talk about distribution is during a disaster.

I guess the process needs to start somewhere, and I thank you for the great article.

I've always felt that international aid is a joke. Instead of helping the country develop a strong backbone, and becoming self reliant, we wait for them to fail. Then we parade in with American made products, instead of supporting the local economy.

Mean while, there are plenty of starving people in the world we couldn't care less about. We only like to help when the world is watching, not when people are really in need.