Huge thanks to Jewish World Watch for putting on the Walk to End Genocide yesterday that raised 100k going towards programs for genocide survivors in Sudan and the Congo.
“For evil to flourish it only requires good men to do nothing.”
—-Simon Wiesenthal
Miriam Welderufael
One❤Citizen
Over a million children in the Sahel region are severely malnourished. Don’t let us lose them. You can do something about it, will you? #SahelNow (Taken with Instagram at Our World)
“Some 15 million people are affected by the crisis in the Sahel region, and one million of these are children that could die within months without immediate humanitarian assistance.”
We need to do something about this NOW. Aid delayed is aid failed. There are many organizations who have teams ready, but they need your assistance in funding and raising awareness. UNICEF has a program that will allow you to donate to their services for children in the region who are facing malnutrition, disease and death. The UN Refugee Agency has a way for you to support their teams that are responding to the emergency in Mali, where the food crisis is only half the problem. Oxfam is also working in the region and appealing for your help to support some of the “most vulnerable communities as they build resilience and prepare for this crisis.”
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
—Theodore Roosevelt
PLEASE SHARE THIS AND DO WHAT YOU CAN.
Miriam Welderufael
One❤Citizen
I love learning about new artists! So at the Nneka concert this weekend (which was amazing by the way), I learned about a group from Sierra Leone called Bajah + The Dry Eye Crew. I want to encourage you all to check them out. They have seen a lot in their lives and are sharing it with us through their music. The video helps us get to know them and where they come from. Sometimes you think you know someone’s story by looking at them, but you never really can. War Stories gives just a little insight into what the war in Sierra Leone was like. Learn something new; I know I always love to.
Well, check out their video and show them some love. Positive musicians need encouragement!! Let them know we want more positivity!
“My Vision is that The Truth Told Project will serve as a catalyst for change, offering survivors a chance at justice by enabling them to share their story with the world and making the human connection needed to garner the support of the international community.”
Sarah Fretwell
The Truth Told Project
Support the project whether it is through donating or sharing the wealth of information provided on the project’s website.
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.”
Still the clouds are gray, Did you want us to believe that you love us, more than you love yourself?
“When most of us think of a poor child, we tend to picture a rural child. We don’t imagine as readily a girl living in the shadow of a city school that she will never attend, nor a boy growing up only a short walk from a health clinic he will never enter, nor a family deprived of services enjoyed by those living only streets away” explained UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake at the launch of The State of the World’s Children 2012 report in Mexico City.
Whenever I hear about the Democratic Republic of Congo or the epidemic of sexual violence that has plagued it, my heart breaks. I cannot even begin to understand how these women and families are able to move forward after all of the physical and emotional pain they are forced to endure. I have heard story after story of women raped, men killed and families torn apart for YEARS. Why hasn’t it stopped? Why aren’t we doing anything? I don’t have the answers, but I would like to share with you an organization that I recently came across that is trying help the people of the DRC. The short feature above tells the story of Heal Africa, an organization in the DRC working to “eradicate poor health, poverty and the oppression of women.” Please take the time to watch this and hear their story. If you are able, donate to their organization. If you are unable to donate, please pass their story along.
For some background on the Sexual Violence that is going on in the DRC, here is a link to an article I wrote in 2010, DRC: Africa’s Humanitarian Crisis by Miriam Welderufael.
“I don’t think Heal Africa is going to empty the Ocean, but I do think that we can take out a bucket full here and a bucket full there.”
Lyn Lusi
Children play in a vegetable garden in Bol, the capital of Lac Region. The garden is maintained by the Association for the Protection of the Environment, a local NGO that helps to raise awareness about desertification and also plants trees in certain villages and around schools. The edge of Lake Chad – once one of Africa’s largest freshwater lakes – used to border Bol, but the lake has shrunk by some 95 per cent since 1960 and now lies several kilometres away from the town. The shrinkage is also linked to water shortages, food scarcity and malnutrition.
In April 2011 in Chad, malnutrition – a preventable condition – remains one of the greatest threats to children’s right to survival and development. One out of every five of Chad’s children dies before her/his fifth birthday. More than 100,000 of the country’s children aged 0–5 are malnourished, and 1 out of every 10,000 dies each day.
Source unicefuk
“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify and vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as crazy, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
“Children’s Hands” by GMB Akash
“It shows eight year old Munna who works in a rickshaw factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The boy earns about 500 taka (7 U.S. dollars) a month, working 10 hours a day. When production often stops due to lack of electricity, he has time to play. It is common in Bangladesh for children of poor parents to work in various hazardous and labor-intensive workplaces to support their families. Seventeen and a half percent of all children aged between 5-15 are engaged in economic activities. The average child worker earns between 400 to 700 taka per month, while an adult worker earns up to 5,000 taka per month.” One U.S. dollar equals about 70 taka.”
Source farrah3m
Source politics-war
UNICEF’s Humanitarian Action for Children 2012 describes the daily situation of some of the world’s most vulnerable children and women in more than 25 countries and territories affected by emergencies and crises. The report summarizes the key humanitarian challenges and the results of the organization’s interventions in 2011, as well as plans and funding requests for the coming year.
The document also lays out the vital support to country operations provided by the seven UNICEF regional offices and the unique contributions and funding needs of UNICEF’s global efforts to coordinate emergency assistance.
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