I have yet to get my head around all of this. I'm not really certain how to venture forth with my knowledge, but I'll tell you what I AM certain of. First of all, I need to talk myself out of tucking this knowledge into some dusty corner of my brain where it will be safe, forgotten, and unable to ruffle my daily life as I've known it thus far. Third, there are things that I can do. There are things we all can do.
Poverty is a big enough problem to allow for personalized plans of action.
Everyone can find their own ways to make food for the body and food for the soul a little more accessible to those in desperate need. And we all need, in one way or another. Perhaps we can begin by being aware of the faces of poverty. We can educate ourselves enough to know where the money given will help most in this mad world. We can be open to the idea that God might call anyone to serve those in need, to love people with their lives, enable the downtrodden to change their worlds with a little funding, education, and hope.