Mending Lives After Genocide
The streets of Kigali, Rwanda, once bore witness to 100 days of systematic slaughter that ended the lives of an estimated 1 million people. Children left behind after the 1994 genocide, and those born soon after, emerged into a new Rwanda saturated by trauma, grief,...World AIDS Day | 2014
Today, there are 35 million people in our world living with HIV/AIDS, including 3.2 million children . . . The brunt of the crisis largely affects sub-Saharan Africa, and the fallout has been absolutely devastating. HIV/AIDS stifles economies, limits educational...Defeat Malaria, Create a Better Future
For the thousands of children around the world, malaria is a very real enemy. Malaria keeps students out of the classroom, cripples health, and in far too many tragic cases, causes death. Every 60 seconds, a child dies of malaria. Although malaria is entirely...Christla’s Redemption | A Rescue Story
Elydia had just given birth to a beautiful little girl . . . but she could hardly bring herself to look at her. Losing her son only a few days prior had brought on a sudden, unbearable heaviness she feared would suffocate her completely. Elydia had done everything she...Mari Audeli | A Rescue Story
Elsa was 16 years old and utterly destitute when she discovered she was going to have a baby. It was the last thing on earth she felt prepared to do. She wondered whether her emaciated, feeble body could even withstand the pregnancy. A gripping fear began to come over...
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.