Make a difference..
charity·@striderpunk·
0.000 HBDMake a difference..
Yesterday I delved into the [strange and unusual world of knock off products](https://steemit.com/funny/@striderpunk/knock-on-effect-of-knock-offs) and why perhaps it's so prevalent in certain markets. Though I stand by the fact that to combat the corruption large, sweeping changes need to be made from the top down; I been thinking that small, incremental efforts could also have an impact from the bottom up.  Yes, in a way buying cheaply produced goods does feel like a hack, but only if the consumer feels duped. I am in by no means wealthy, but I can afford the basic amenities and necessities to provide for myself and my family, and even treat my kids to [a vastly overpriced Lego set](https://tastythailand.com/where-to-buy-lego-in-bangkok-thailand-its-expensive/) once in a blue moon. However, for a multitude of other kids less fortunate *The Changeable Robot* is as good as three Christmases and five birthdays put together! <center> http://www.therobotspajamas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Transformers_toys_bootleg_knock-off_3.jpg [src](http://www.therobotspajamas.com/the-best-of-the-worst-transformers-knock-off-toys/) </center> With that in mind, My wife and I sorted through our stuff. Kids clothes that were too small or seldom worn and toys that we thought the boys didn't need anymore (*shh they don't need to know*) were packed up and put in the trunk of the car.  I had some business at the local immigration office (*always **LOADS** of fun*) but luckily our destination wasn't far away. Krabi Protection Center for the Destitute houses orphans awaiting a family or a for a vacancy in any of the local [Children's Homes](https://warmheartworldwide.org/childrens-homes/) which are often at maximum capacity. https://www.volunteerthailand.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Childrens-Home-Thailand-Volunteer.jpg [src](https://www.volunteerthailand.org/projects/volunteer-childrens-home/) While we didn't linger long, we did see a few of the children hanging around shyly. There were also a few boys helping to move bricks for a floral arrangement up front. Their eyes lit up when they saw the box of toys I was carrying in. <center>   </center> When we were waiting for the caretaker to come, we saw an infant in a stroller. He wasn't even two weeks old. Very tiny. He had been found a few days earlier [abandoned in a laundry mat washing machine](https://www.msn.com/en-gb/video/foodanddrink/baby-abandoned-in-washing-machine-is-saved-by-shopkeeper/vi-AAB1kuz).. I was heartbroken for this child but at the same time grateful that he had been found on time and was healthy. <center>  [src both](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7001079/Thailand-baby-umbilical-cord-attached-alive-WASHING-MACHINE.html) </center> These are the simple things that we can do, be it donating clothes and toys to orphans, volunteering in a school for mentally-disabled children, delivering food and water to small villages that have been devastated by natural disasters, or helping the local hospital fit free prosthetics of a group amputee victims. It did not take much time or effort and there is a whole bunch more that I could and should do to help, but I'd like to believe that even the small things **_make a difference..._** <center>   *unsourced pictures are my own*</center> <center><h2>**..no better day than today..**</h2></center>
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