We often think hunger is something experienced by people on the other side of the world. Hunger is also a problem in parts of the United States as well. Check this out for more.
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In the face of unrelenting drought and food shortages, Salissou has begun catching locusts for his sisters to eat. Ironically, after they destroyed the family’s millet crop, these insects were the only source of food these children had. Salissou’s little sister, Rashida, is receiving treatment for malnutrition from World Vision.
For more, see this.
World Vision Wednesday
Children should be in class – not on the streets doing dangerous jobs. But Socheata and her brothers had no other choice. They were forced to go out and collect recyclable garbage to sell so they could buy small amounts of white rice. The alternative was to go to bed hungry every night.
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The creation of the nation of South Sudan has not ended the violence in that part of the world. Many of humanitarian organizations have left the town of Bentui, near the border of Sudan and South Sudan. World Vision is one of those organizations that have moved away, although the humanitarian efforts continue. For more, go here.
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“For the past month or so, Uganda has seen attention in the media and among the American public that it hasn’t experienced in several years, thanks to the viral video phenomenon ‘Kony2010.'”
The danger to the children of Uganda is not over, however. Check this out to find out more.
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Today is World Malaria Day. Malaria is a disease we don’t face here in this country, but it is one that is deadly in many parts of the world. Learn more about this disease and its effects from this report from World Vision.
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See how the gift of a cow changed the lives of a family in Sri Lanka
To find out more about giving to help the least of these around the world, see this.
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Tomorrow is World Water Day. Water is something most of us take for granted, but clean water is in short supply in many parts of the world.
From World Vision:
“It’s a reality faced by children and entire communities in places like rural Zambia. The absence of clean, safe water can undermine all other efforts to fight poverty in a region. This World Water Day, March 22, we remember the pain that many children face because they don’t have clean water — and how we can help change their situation.”
To find out more, go here.
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There has been a new twist in the ethnic violence in South Sudan. Up till now, women and children have been spared from attack. The situation has deteriorated, as children are now being targeted. Read more about this tragedy here.