The need

In our modern world of checkbox systemization and black & white choices, we are often asked to select the category of need that OHS addresses.  From experience, we know that we cannot shy away from issues because it doesn’t fit into our “category”.  No, these issues are mutually dependent and impact each other—children vulnerable because of an impoverished economic system children vulnerable because of lack of access to proper health care, children vulnerable because of inadequate social protection and educational support are all children in need.  Finding solutions that improve only one aspect is not sustainable, it cannot last.  We need to engage and embrace the revealing complexity.  Only through this heightened awareness of the complete picture can we determine an effective approach on a large scale.

Here we address the issues at hand, and the issues closely tied/related

The sections above are best read with these words of advice: numbers are just numbers.  These numerical values do not add or detract from our lives until we remember that even one child on the street is one too many.  Learn the truth, but do not forget to actively employ your human faculty every few minutes to ask yourself, what can I contribute.  One child at a time, one village at a time…it is time to push the boundaries of our existing reality.