This news article was published in Religion Today (www.crosswalk.com). If EDSA has been a great challenge to you as well as the stunts of government officials smuggling for applause, try to read this article and digest every word that spells poverty.
Pick up those crumbs of bread at your table, buy enough soda cans for the day, flag your neighbor with a smile, thank God even for a while, for some of our pains and hunger are defined as feast and comfort on the other side of this earth.
British Evangelical Aid Agency: Many Children Dying in Zimbabwe
Peter Grant, Tearfund’s International Director, says children are now suffering from very high levels of chronic malnutrition. “People are dying. It’s the very young, the very old, and those with Aids who are the most vulnerable,” says Peter. “We heard recently of a church leader who had to bury a grandmother and a baby from the same family over the same weekend. As the year goes on with the continuing food shortages, we can expect the situation to get worse, and more people to die.”
“With inflation exceeding 4500% - some reports put the figure nearer 8000% - currency no longer buys food and medical care. Even if people could afford to go to hospital, there are no longer medical supplies to treat them. The wages of hospital staff do not even cover the bus fare to work,” the story continued.
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