Where does my help come from?

The current economic downturn is affecting the world, albeit negatively in an unprecedented scale. Without a doubt, all major industries are faced with challenges that have escalated into an unimaginable proportion like that of the last Great Depression of the 1930s. The rapid decline in the world economy was probably triggered by massive bank collapse and stock market crash and according to some economists, the unequal distribution of wealth played a significant part in it too. Obviously, there are other factors that have led countries especially those that relied heavily on foreign trade and investments into an inevitable recession. This remained a subject of much debate and concern. At any rate, in the light of the continued financial crisis, and while governments develop various programmes to address the issue(s) at the macro level, the man in the street is left with limited resources at a micro level to fend for himslef and his loved ones. Where can he get help in an environment of fear, uncertainty and hardship? The pix (snapped by a phone camera) illustrates that the cat is not spared from the downturn too. While the tables at the food centre were folded and the prospect of finding food or even food crumbs was not at all encouraging, the cat looked up to the lone tree with her two paws seemingly in a praying posture and probably resigned to her fate, murmured, "Where does my help come from?"