Scholarships and the Starving Children

I've begun the polishing phase of writing on my essay on child labor and compassion. It started out as a crappy essay, and now it's looking a little better. Shortened, edited, and glossed up, it's now gone to the "peer review stage." I've sent it to a couple of friends and family and hope they will tell me honestly what they think. After that, I go over it and make a few more adjustments and it's off to the scholarship board.
I'm hoping that one, there aren't that many outstanding essay's, and two, that I get at least an honorable mention. Previous winners mostly had experience with starving or AIDS infested children, therefore giving them a little more experience than I have, but I think I shaped up a pretty kick-ass essay for someone who hasn't.
Not only that, but now I feel for the little buggers. They shouldn't have to work all day for pennies. They need a chance at education and schooling. Some of them want to be doctors and nurses. They should be able to get that chance without having to worry about when they'll get their next meal, or if they're going to get shoes. Education should be free. At least through the secondary level. This is just a dream to many in underdeveloped countries. Now I want to engage that Doctors Without Borders or Medicos Sans Frontieres. That's an opportunity I'd like to take once I get out of college. To go and respond to the world's needs, instead of just my own.