Selling Daughters for Survival: The Tragic Reality of Child Marriage
Ten-year-old Zahra* sits inside her family’s home, nervously fidgeting with the edge of her veil. She stares at the red and tan patterned blankets covering the walls. She wonders how things have gotten this desperate — how she ended up in this situation. In an...
Remembering the Rwandan Genocide 30 Years Later
Today marks 30 years since the Rwandan genocide began — almost four months of terror for countless Tutsi men, women, and children. But for many families, it still feels like yesterday. Rwanda has come a long way since then, but underneath the atmosphere of...
How the Rwandan Genocide Still Affects People Today
“Never again.” These were the words many declared after the atrocities of the Holocaust were revealed in the 1940s. Since then, the implication of these two words has broadened to become a pledge to “never again” allow genocide to claim millions of innocent...
What It’s Really Like to Be a Woman in Afghanistan
Damsa is only 16 years old. If she lived anywhere else in the world, she would probably be in high school, looking forward to applying to university. She might have dreams of becoming a doctor or a lawyer someday. She might enjoy shopping or going to the park...
Why should you care about the 10/40 Window?
“Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.’” – Matthew 28:18-19 We all know the...
Every day, I try to live my life in such a way that I accomplish at least one thing that will outlive me and last for eternity.