For
about a year now I've been reading and following the escalating,
'Migrant Crisis' and I've talked about it with many of the various
folk that I come across and found it disheartening that so many
of them held such hard and unfeeling attitudes to refugees. Of
course I tried to change their minds.
But
now...are attitudes beginning to change? There are far more of us
who realise that this is a truly horrendous situation and that these
desperate, desperate people need our help. It is as if there is a new
spirit, a new way of thinking about things. Not all can be saved but
we must try to save as many as we can.
There are two people in my life who put this much better than I can. The first is my daughter Hannah who wrote this on Facebook today.
I consciously try to keep my facebook page light hearted but I couldn't ignore the headlines today. Y'know, there's more than enough of the world's resources to offer every single human being shelter, food, and safety. More than enough! What the world is really lacking in is love, kindness, compassion and a willingness to share.
The second is my friend Hayley who wrote this excellent post. It is well worth reading.
You will have seen the photograph of Aylan Kurdi, the little Syrian boy washed up on the Turkish beach. He, his brother and his mother where among the more than 2500 who have drowned in the Mediterranean this year alone. It is a heart-rending image and so very far removed from the scores of pictures we've seen this September of our children heading out to their first day at schools and kindergartens. I wish he could have been one of them.
3 comments:
I have also been following this crisis for at least a year even though it breaks my heart and depresses me. Living in the US, there is zero chance we could ever sponsor a refugee or a family. I have been thinking about what we can do and where would the best place be to donate money.
I am completely baffled by anyone who thinks that someone would willingly risk their lives and their children's lives if the situation was not absolutely completely desperate and dangerous in their home countries. Fleeing your country is not a choice!
Every day I look around our home in the peaceful beautiful countryside and thank the universe for our good fortune.
I completely agree. And like yourself, I give thanks every day. I'm not sure how you would offer practical support from the US but there is bound to be something on the internet.
Thank you so much for this.
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