Survival Shows are Fake
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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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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Last week a child in a school supported by cbm in Malawi was abducted, killed, and body parts used for traditional medicine. The boy was targeted because he had albinism. A recent article on Reuters refers to the problem of violence towards people with albinism My prayers go out to the family. I can’t imagine the trauma that they...
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