Survival Shows are Fake
Hope and Healing InternationalFebruary 01, 2017No commentsGeneral
blindness, clean water, poverty, sanitation, sickness, survival, trachoma, water
I like watching TV shows about the wilderness and people testing their survival skills. Often one of the key and vital challenges is to obtain access to water… clean water. If the participants can’t find clean water, they call for help. If they still don’t get the help they need, they fail to “survive”. In reality, this just...
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Hope and Healing InternationalOctober 03, 2016No commentsWorld Sight Day
blindness, caretakers, cataract, cataracts, poverty, Sight, vision
Recently, at a family gathering, my cousin — a year younger than I — told me he had undergone cataract surgery. “What a difference this simple surgery made,” he told me. He was having difficulty driving in the evening, reading and working. His poor vision was gradually creeping into most of his life. It reminded me of the upcoming...
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