Archive for January, 2007
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2007Each day brings abundant hope. Here are examples
from Uganda, Liberia and Angola.
Each day brings an abundance of reason to hope. I believe hope is different from optimism because hope is rooted in reality and it results in action. I want to share three examples of hope.
This morning four young adults visited [...]
The Face of Malaria
Monday, January 29th, 2007Elizabeth McKee of the United Nations Foundation
and Nothing But Nets writes a compelling account of seeing the face of malaria
in Angola. Elizabeth, a member of The United Methodist Church, is traveling
with Sam Perkins, Brook Meeks and Ruth Reilly of the NBA Cares to visit bed net
distribution in Nigeria and United Methodist health care in [...]
Looking for the Leading Causes of Life
Saturday, January 27th, 2007Gary Gunderson with Larry Pray present a new way
to frame the search for meaning and hope in The Leading Causes of Life published
recently. Gunderson and Pray write that life is breaking out even in the midst
of death-dealing events and the challenge we must accept is to look for the soft
whisper of life when [...]
Hunger in Zimbabwe and Somalia
Friday, January 26th, 2007The BBC reports the Famine Early Warning System
says hunger is looming in Zimbabwe. While it hasn’t been reported yet, I would
expect to hear a similar report about Somalia.
Hunger looms in Zimbabwe. The Famine Early Warning System, a network of the United States Agency for International Development, reports the winter wheat harvest has been [...]
Malaria in Jamaica
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007The Time Global Health Blog reports on an
outbreak of malaria in Jamaica.
The TIME Global Health Blog notes that malaria has been identified in Jamaica. UNICEF has sent bednets and the Centers for Disease Control have issued a traveler’s warning.
Zimbabwe Coverage
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007These links cover the visit of the General
Commission on Communications of The United Methodist Church to Zimbabwe. The
Commission met for the first time outside the continental United States and
participated in instructional classses and feeding programs for children made
orphans by HIV/AIDS.
This is a collection of stories covering the first-ever meeting of The General [...]
HIV/AIDS–The Toll Lives On
Sunday, January 14th, 2007The infection rate for HIV/AIDs is declining in
Zimbabwe. But the toll lingers on in lives left torn asunder by this terrible
pandemic.
(This is the sixth post from Mutare, Zimbabwe where the General Commission on Communications of The United Methodist Church met Jan. 3-10, 2007. With representatives from Africa, Europe, the Philippines and the United [...]
On Finding the Leading Causes of Life
Saturday, January 13th, 2007While in Zimbabwe, I am reading a new book by
Gary Gunderson and Larry Pray about The Leading Causes of Life, and It gives me
a new way to look at the struggle people here face daily.
(This is the fifth post from Mutare, Zimbabwe where the General Commission on Communications of The United Methodist Church is meeting. [...]
When Food is a Luxury
Wednesday, January 10th, 2007When food is a luxury it’s hard
times.
Some in imbawe must choose between buyig clothing and eating, or choosing whic limited food they can afford to buy. That is the state of imbabwe today.
HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe
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