Fable.. 8th grade audience

A young man was waking down the street when he was approached by a charity worker asking for money to help provide aid for poor people in Africa. The young man waived her off and told her he did not have time. When he went out to buy groceries later on, another young lady was in front of the store collecting money to save orphaned children in Darfur. The young man lowered his hat and quickly entered the store unnoticed. 'All this Africa business,' he thought. 'I do not have the money, I have to buy my dinner,' he thought to himself.
The next day a commercial came on TV as he was getting ready for work. Again, it was an organization helping villages get food and medical treatment in Africa. This time he hesitated and watched the commercial all the way through. At the end he decided that there was nothing he, a successful young businessman, had in common with those people. He had worked hard for his money, why waste it by giving it to people living on another continent? He thought, 'what could one person really do?'
So off to work he went. Around lunchtime, he received a call from his secretary. She informed him that the police had called. There had been a fire in his apartment building and nothing could be saved. The young man sank in his seat. What was he going to do? All his possessions, all his money, was kept at home for fear of bank errors. Now, he had nothing.
When he returned to work from his lunch break, he immediately contacted the Human Resources department. He asked how much money had been contributed to the "Employee Crisis Fund," and asked if he could get an advance from it. The Human Resources employee reminded him that he had declined when asked to contribute to the fund, making him unentitled to its benefits.
The young man feared for his future. He had shunned his fellow employees and his neighbors because of lack of interest. He had little contact with his family. The young man was scared and alone. As he returned to his office he sat at his desk and cried. Suddenly the thought of the "Africa-Aid" commercial came to mind. Sadly, he realized that he did have much in common with the people in Africa.