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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have NOTHING?

Well, Tabitha doesn't have to wonder.

Her family in Africa struggles to survive on barely anything at all. Her parents are dead. Grandma has incurable diabetes and needs injections every hour or she will die. Tabitha, who only has a dirty rag to wear, just wants to know what life is like when horseflies aren't biting her starving baby brother's open, infected wounds throughout the day.

Each night, the family divides a grain of rice to eat. Then they sleep on the cold, hard, concrete floor of their dilapidated hut. (Their sleeping mats were stolen by bandits.) In the morning, another struggle for subsistence begins. Tabitha must walk five miles to draw dirty water from the same mudhole where lions and hippos drink. (Speaking of lions, you may notice that her left arm is missing.)

Stop and contemplate that the next time you're complaining that there's too much air-conditioning or that you can't get a signal on your iPhone or the service is too slow at Fat Burger.

For just as little as 1/8th of a penny per day, you could sponsor Tabitha and save her from a life of slow death by intestinal parasites. But you won't, will you, you selfish, selfish monster.

(Click the photo for a closer view.)