My mission is not only to help and make a difference, but more importantly to make people aware of what hunger and poverty is.

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But my proposal for this year will not only help those on low incomes who lost out, but also does more to help all basic rate taxpaying families at a time when oil and food prices have been rising in every part of the world.

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"With everything I've been through in my whole life, the thing for me to be here today and my only purpose in life is to find ways to help people and encourage people and make our world a better place, " he said.

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