We cannot keep calling something “progress” when it leaves children unsafe, families struggling, and the land exhausted. Freedom and legitimacy should never be given to wealthy individuals or organizations that operate under fake equity standards—standards that ignore how children are born into the world, how families survive day to day, and how the environment that sustains life is treated. Equity is not just about how much money is made. It starts much earlier with safe births, strong families, clean water, healthy land, education, and the protection of children’s lives. When these basics are ignored, the wealth that follows is not neutral. It is built by taking more than is given back.

Today, many powerful actors hide behind numbers that look impressive but tell only part of the story. These numbers leave out family reform, birth equity, and climate impact. This is not accidental. It is a choice. And that choice has consequences especially for children and communities living on the frontlines of environmental and economic harm.

 Two Lives, One Broken System

Dickson’s frustration comes from what he sees every day. Children dropping out of school. Families stretched thin. Communities facing drought, pollution, and land pressure. Mothers giving birth in conditions that no one should accept. His concern is not theoretical, it is personal, urgent, and deeply human.

At the same time, Paul Shapiro’s Company is thriving within this same system.

As communities struggle, Shapiro Paul’s meat company has grown. He is now a millionaire. But this success has come at a real cost to families and children in places like Amboseli, where environmental damage, land stress, and the absence of family-centered reforms are rarely counted in profit reports. When wealth grows while children suffer and land is depleted, something is wrong. That is not development. That is equity fraud.

See here more information on Paul Shapiro as an example

 What Fake Standards Leave Out

Fake standards make harm invisible. They allow wealth to grow while erasing:

• The conditions children are born into.
• The damage to land, water, and climate that families depend on.
• The absence of family and birth reforms.
• The long-term impact on education, health, and community survival.

When environmental destruction and family breakdown are excluded from “impact,” success becomes a performance. Injustice becomes normal.

Climate justice and family reform cannot be separated. When land is polluted or overused, families lose food, health, and stability. When families are unsupported, children become vulnerable to illness, exploitation, and early death. Ignoring this connection is not neutrality—it is participation in harm.

 A Silence That Speaks Loudly

Years ago, we sent a concept note to Paul Shapiro. It focused on seeds for the future, family reform, community equity, environmental responsibility, and protecting children. There was no response. No engagement. No support. Years later, his company is flourishing. Meanwhile, Truth Alliance continues to struggle to raise funds, not because the work lacks value, but because it refuses to lie, inflate numbers, or separate profit from responsibility. Truth is harder to fund than comfort.

 

A Simple, Necessary Demand

Truth Alliance is not asking for charity. It is boldly asking for honesty and accountability.

We are calling on those who have benefited from broken systems to:

• Acknowledge harm to families, children, and the environment
• Stop hiding behind incomplete or fake standards
• Measure success through climate responsibility, family reform, and child well-being
• Take responsibility for wealth built on silence and extraction

Freedom without accountability is not freedom.
It is exploitation. If equity does not protect children at birth, support families, and care for the land they depend on, then it is not equity at all. And we can no longer pretend otherwise.