Part of Congo Helping Hands' mission is to promote awareness of the plight of the Congolese people. We want to educate the public.
Today, I got two letters (typed and on paper) from two students who attend the International Academy of Macomb (Michigan). At first, I thought it was letters from some I knew. But I have not gone by "To Whom It May Concern" or "Dear Congo Helping Hands" ever.
I was surprised that they wrote a paper letter versus connect with us over the internet or Facebook. Anyway, I found one of the letterwriters on Facebook and sent an electronic message back. I will follow up with a paper letter soon.
Until they mentioned it in their letters, I had not heard of Guns Germs and Steel.
Guns Germs & Steel: About the Book. Guns Germs & Steel PBS: "Guns, Germs and Steel
First published in the United States by W.W.Norton and Company, on March 1 1997, Guns, Germs and Steel was initially subtitled ‘The Fates of Human Societies.’ Within a few months, this subtitle had evolved into ‘A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years.’
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction, the Rhone Poulenc Science Book Prize, along with three other international literary prizes, Guns, Germs and Steel has been translated into 25 languages and has sold millions of copies around the world."
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Sitting at Courtside
from my HTC phone!
Woody M. Collins
President, Congo Helping Hands
"Strengthening the Heart of Africa"
website: http://www.CongoHelpingHands.org
blog: http://www.EndingExtremePoverty.org
facebook: http://profile.to/woodycollins
Here's how most people die in the Congo
When you think about the war in Congo, you think of opposing armed groups shooting at one another. True but here's how most people die in the Congo without being shot. This is especially true of the young children five years old and under.
Scores dying from disease in Congo conflict - CNN.com:
"The number of young children dying from preventable diseases like malaria and diarrhea has increased dramatically because of war in eastern Congo, an aid agency announced Wednesday.
Displaced people fleeing the violence are living in poor conditions as they walk for days through the forests to get to camps in and around the provincial capital of Goma, World Vision said.
Hospitals have seen an influx of patients suffering from preventable diseases, the aid group said.
'You can imagine if you've got young children who are really vulnerable, that walking and sleeping under nothing, walking through the forest [will affect them],' said Anna Ridout, part of World Vision's emergency team in Goma.
Cold and damp conditions lead to respiratory distress, she said. Some of those pushed from their homes suffer extreme cases of diarrhea caused by bad sanitation, which leads to dehydration, Ridout said."
Scores dying from disease in Congo conflict - CNN.com:
"The number of young children dying from preventable diseases like malaria and diarrhea has increased dramatically because of war in eastern Congo, an aid agency announced Wednesday.
Displaced people fleeing the violence are living in poor conditions as they walk for days through the forests to get to camps in and around the provincial capital of Goma, World Vision said.
Hospitals have seen an influx of patients suffering from preventable diseases, the aid group said.
'You can imagine if you've got young children who are really vulnerable, that walking and sleeping under nothing, walking through the forest [will affect them],' said Anna Ridout, part of World Vision's emergency team in Goma.
Cold and damp conditions lead to respiratory distress, she said. Some of those pushed from their homes suffer extreme cases of diarrhea caused by bad sanitation, which leads to dehydration, Ridout said."
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