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...
Lockdown in Peru: Ten weeks and counting
“We hope this quarantine will not be extended because I am afraid people will not be able to survive.” Our Peru partner prayed those words in mid-April. It’s now a month later … and the lockdown is extended to the end of May. Just as she feared, people are...
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.