I have a 5-year ache in my heart for the Central African Republic (CAR). And it only grew worse with the breaking news reports of sexual abuse of children in CAR. The reports of displaced children being sexually abused are beyond sickening. Not only because it was children who were victimized. What breaks my heart is […]
Read More
Read part 1–Children in Crisis Last year, OneHope partnered with Near East Initiatives (NEI) to conduct a qualitative research study so we could better understand the complex needs and actual challenges faced by refugee children and families who fled from the war in Syria. The outcome of this study is to equip faith-based organizations with […]
Read More
5.5 million children have been affected by the country’s three-year war. [1] On the anniversary of Syria’s civil unrest, NBC in conjunction with major relief organizations broadcast a 48 hour “live documentary” to help bring awareness to the plight of Syrian refugee children. They called it a “comprehensive portrait of the war’s devastating toll.” Unsettling reports […]
Read More
Remember the benches touting the axiom, “See! You just proved bench advertising works”? Whenever I read one of those pesky bench ads, it irritated me that I couldn’t unread those words and that I had been tricked into falling prey to the advertiser’s “clever” marketing scheme. Just the other day I had a similar experience […]
Read More