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Rwanda: Surviving poverty, pregnancy, and a global pandemic

Rwanda: Surviving poverty, pregnancy, and a global pandemic

“None of our business is working because the borders are closed because of COVID-19.” Gaudance and her husband are hard workers. Her husband used to be a truck driver, transporting goods from Rwanda into the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Gaudance also worked...
Iran strikes back: How you can pray

Iran strikes back: How you can pray

Two U.S. military bases in Iraq were struck Tuesday evening by more than a dozen ballistic missiles. Iran immediately took credit, claiming retaliation for the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani, which happened the previous Friday.    Although Iranian officials...
Iran strikes back: How you can pray

Making sense of what’s happening in Iraq

Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was killed by U.S. forces in Iraq Friday morning after violating a travel ban prohibiting him from entering Iraq and for allegedly planning attacks against U.S. diplomats. President Trump ordered the strike against Soleimani, a...
A nation literally starving for attention

A nation literally starving for attention

Even before Cyclone Idai hit earlier this year, Zimbabwe was already a country in crisis. Suffering from years of drought due to El Niño, the nation has been food insecure since the early 2000s. In fact, according to the United Nations, Zimbabwe’s food situation is...
Zimbabwe: ‘We cry for help’

Zimbabwe: ‘We cry for help’

  “Just when we thought our country was on its way to better days, disaster struck and yet again we cry for help,” our Zimbabwe partner told us Wednesday morning. “The worst natural disaster in decades hit an unprepared and struggling nation.” In fact, Cyclone...