CNN iReport

Everyone knows that the economy in the United States is down at the moment but even at its lowest point it is many times more buoyant than that of Pakistan. The average income in relative terms in the US is ten times greater than in Pakistan but when the call went out to support a UNICEF fund raising event Pakistan contributed more than the people of the USA.

Difficult as that may be to believe, it becomes even more surprising when considering that the original Ireport on CNN drew more than 88,000 hits, one of the most viewed stories ever published on this media. If everyone that hit on that article had donated just 50cents then the US would have been No1, instead of bottom, of the league of nations included in this event.

Bridget the Midget (see article http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-289685) has been in the United States for over two weeks now and been through four states, but despite the best endeavours of the media in supporting this event not a single dollar has been raised for UNICEF.

During Bridget the Midget’s visit to Las Vegas, Nevada all efforts to try and get just one of the big name hotel/casinos to make a donation, from the top ten names only one had the good manners to even reply to the organisers.

As things stand currently the United Kingdom and Australia are the leading contributors followed by a number of countries bunched closely together including Iran and Pakistan with the USA bringing up the rear.