by John Freund, CM | Aug 12, 2011 | Disasters and Responses, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
“Parents are being forced to choose which of their children receive water and meager rations of food.” A Choice No Parent Should Have to Make (courtesy of Heifer International.) Parents fleeing the devastating famine on foot — sometimes with as many as...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 27, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The LA TImes reporting from Johannesburg, South Africa— Famine is a very technical term — unless you’re one of those walking for weeks in a last-ditch hope to save your family. For months, people have been trudging out of the desert, leaving their dead children...