Voice for the Voiceless

So the church is starting a new focus for their Global Focus ministry called Voice for the Voiceless.
A lot of what I write here is my opinion and a lot of it not entirely based on the best evidence, more on my own thoughts.
They introduced it and it was all well and good. A huge focus is on the women and children who's rights are abused in countries other than our own, with now sterotypical images of the hungry and famished children of African nations.
One of the points that were made were "But how can we help?"
And I'm still not sure of that answer.
One of the biggest issues I have with it is, sure, by all means give the voiceless a voice by bringing those issues of injustice to light... but who is meant to be listening? Its always been a policy of mine that it is better to keep your mouth closed and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. It seems pointless to me to be speaking out about this stuff when in reality, it won't actually stop those children from starving or the girls from being sold into slavery. Action will. But who will be the ones to put those words they hear and do something about it. Will people from a church in little ol' Lower Hutt actually do that?
Skeptical I am of that. And so I sit in my chair and I ponder. Would better be used the time ministering to our own town, our own city, where we can be a relevant and productive cause to God's calling, than providing a voice for someone in a country we've never heard of before, and watch as the screams of anger and love from our hearts be transformed into whispers due to the transit? Are not better spent the resources that go towards helping those in need, even just down the road with the troubles at stake in Hutt Valley High, than for a town, a subburb, a family overseas - which while their need may be greater, our impact would be less. Cannot the local church of that town minister to its own people? How come churches here will choose to place focus overseas and forget about the very street they congregate in.

'Till next time...