Peace In Africa

 
In the past, our parish was involved in Heifer International.  This organization provides people an opportunity to make donations in shares or in whole for the gift of animals.  These animals help poor and hungry people in the United States and abroad to make a livelihood.

 H.I. has a publication call World Ark.  They have as their motto:  “Ending World Hunger ~ Saving The Earth.”  One of the articles was written by Frank Bures entitled, “Finding Peace In Africa.”  The magazine referred to the author as “and award-winning journalist who writes frequently about Africa.”

 A sense of the article is provided on pages showing Sudanese refugees fleeing across a stream away from the Darfur region of the Country of Chad where there are refugee camps.  In the photo are these words:  “Decades after colonialists loosened their grip on Africa, the continent still rumbles with more than its share of conflict.  An American writer visits Uganda to understand why.”  The writer shows a map of Africa where there are current wars:  Senegal, Nigeria, Angola, Uganda, Sudan, Niger, Somalia/Ethiopia, and Kenya.

 Heifer International’s web site is www.heifer.org if there is further interest to read this article.

 P.S.  I believe in addition to the countries listed above in conflict could be added:  The Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Blessings,
Fr. Jack Moore

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