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Written by Kay Marshall Strom
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 03:00 |
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 No one rejoiced on the day Ratna was born. Her father grunted in disgust and turned away. A girl! Another financial burden he would have to bear, and then he would be required to pay a huge dowry to get her married. He wanted to take her to the river, throw her in, and rid the family of the curse. Ratna’s mother kept quiet. She couldn’t help but wonder if it might not be better to let her husband have his way than to condemn her baby daughter to grow up a poor Dalit, forever indebted to a landowner. It was Ratna’s grandmother, her father’s mother, who said, “No, let the baby live. We need someone to clean the house and care for the sons you will have.”
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Written by Anna Frenette
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Wednesday, 03 March 2010 00:00 |
There are only a few people in my life where I've actually seen love in their eyes. I mean, real love, the kind where I want to cry because it almost feels tangible. The kind of love that makes the eyes dance when they stare and shed tears when they blink.
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Written by Jenna Bartlo
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Wednesday, 24 February 2010 02:00 |
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 It was in the sludge of dirt, litter and sewage of Kibera, Africa’s second largest slum, that Dan Parris found the paradox of suffering and hope. Walking through the paths between tent-like homes in 2005, joyful children living in despair grabbed his hands to walk with him. It was here where Parris started to give a damn about extreme poverty. In 2009, Parris returned to Kibera where it all started and nearly ended this past August when he narrowly escaped death in a plane crash.
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Written by Matthew Snyder
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Wednesday, 24 February 2010 00:00 |
I have some pretty incredible friends. In fact, I think I underestimate them a lot of the time because I don’t expect much of myself so, naturally, I find no reason to expect too much of them. But then there are those times that I’m floored by what occurs when we’re together and I marvel at the ability God has given us to be His hands and feet when He needs people to be His hands and feet the most.
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Written by Kate Cremisino
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Wednesday, 24 February 2010 00:00 |
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 In recent decades, Zimbabwe has been marked by dictatorial leadership and economic meltdown—major contributors to its widespread poverty and decline in health. The nation has seen inflation skyrocket into the sextillions. But this year, a unity government effort has led to some political hope, and the recent dollarization of the economy has put a lid on hyperinflation. Despite the chaos and uncertainty that has painted the landscape, Zimbabweans are known as a resilient people.
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