Tag: drc
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Virtual Tour- ‘Facing Future’ Exhibition
Here is the virtual tour of the exhibition that is still open for view in Venice till October 5. Today is the international day of Peace. Praying for peace in Lebanon and all other places of conflicts where children and innocents are suffering. Also moments from the opening event. Thanks to all who went all…
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Who stole the innocence?~
Who stole the innocence?~ it seems that every bit of news these days uncovers a new scandal, a terrible lie or a gross misconduct by a person of authority. It is as though virtue and authority are melting away in a puff of disillusionment. Our only hope lives in the children. Can we please leave…
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Day 30~ April 30th~ Congo
Another month of blogging comes to a close, the journey back to Congo, the beautiful children, the fantastic sense of hope and resilience, the bright faces, the humanity that I experienced in that war ridden part of Africa is over with this post. But it goes on in me, it never stops and it pulls…
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Day 29~ April 29th~ Congo
When we grumble about the extra pound we had to lift in our air conditioned gym, the heavy bag of groceries we had to move from the supermarket cart to the trunk of our car, or when we have to work an extra hour in the office, it is good to remember how some other…
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Day 27~ April 27th~ Congo
I have seen again and again that despite war circumstances, no matter how tough it gets, people try to retain a sense of normalcy in their day to day life. In Congo, everyone’s hair seems to be carefully colored, styled, braided and impressive looking. I loved seeing all the different hair dressers salons around town…
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Day 26~ April 26th~ Congo
May all the children of the world run with joy and never from fear… He followed our unicef SUV for more than 15 minutes in Goma’s streets giggling joyfully and I got to capture his beautiful smile 🙂
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Day 25~ April 25th~ Congo
I like to think that there are special angels assigned for each child that is born to this planet, to guide them, watch over them and shower them with buckets full of joy when life get rough… Glowing smiles, shiny eyes, boundless energy, these things are not what I expected to see in the children…