So many children

The youngest boy at the Transition Center is 9 years old. He is pictured hugging the girl beside me. His father had taken him back to the border to have him smuggled back to his mother. The smugglers did not show up and the boy was picked up by the border police. They now can not find the father or any relatives.

Tenderness Needed

February 5th 2014
If I were a songwriter I would write a song about “Everyone Needs a Little Tenderness.” I am sure there are songs about that but this would be reserved for those most in need. I would dedicate it to the Eritrean Unaccompanied Refugee Minors (URMs) living in Ethiopia. To the lovely children I just visited, shook hands with, hugged, sat in their one room mud “homes” on the beds of clay and ... read more

Africa » Ethiopia » Tigray Region

Unique among African countries, the ancient Ethiopian monarchy maintained its freedom from colonial rule, with the exception of the 1936-41 Italian occupation during World War II. In 1974 a military junta, the Derg, deposed Emperor Haile SELASSIE (wh... ... read more

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