Nepal: First an earthquake … then coronavirus … now landslide and flooding
Thewang and his family faced hardship long before the coronavirus swept through Nepal. Five years ago, an earthquake rattled the country, toppling buildings and ruining farmland. It destroyed Thewang’s family home … forcing them to leave. Now, they live in a temporary...
Iraq: Can refugees survive a second lockdown?
Many countries around the world are slowly emerging from their lockdowns … but Iraq is plunging right back into another one. More than 400 coronavirus cases were reported on June 1, making it the highest number in a single day for the Middle Eastern country. As a...
Three siblings. No parents. And now no food …
Tau, Chimini, and Daxa are only teenagers, but their lifetime has been full of struggles. Growing up in Nepal, these two sisters and their older brother have known heartache from a young age. Their father died from cancer several years ago, and their mother went...
Meet Pascal, a modern-day Job
Much like Job from the Bible, Pascal has lost a lot. His wife died. Then his children passed away. Not long after he remarried, his second wife died, too. In a short span of time, Pascal had lost everything. He eventually married a third time and had four more...
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.