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Op-Ed: Israel’s future? | Like tens of millions of other Evangelicals in North America and beyond, I believe that Israel’s future is certain and fixed. |
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| | An impossible choice: Hunger or conflict | Conflict kills … but so does hunger. In the Central African Republic (CAR), displaced children like 8-year-old Melvina are forced to weigh the odds of which life-threatening situation they will be subjected to. Sometimes the risk of going out to find food is too dangerous due to ongoing conflict, but the risk of suffering malnutrition is just as worrying. "I don't eat every day because my mother has no money," says Melvina who was forced from her home and is now living at a site for displaced people in Bouar. "When I don't eat, I have a headache and a stomachache and I can't go to school." The government, armed rebels, and militias all stake a claim to various territories in the CAR. With years of conflict, this means that almost two thirds of the country are in desperate need of humanitarian support. Children like Melvina need everything from education to health clinics to safe places to play. But before all of that is the critical need for life-saving food. Melvina can’t play with her friends on an empty stomach. And when she's hungry she stays home from school because she is too tired. Malnutrition robs her of the chance to succeed, trapping her inside her own body. Read More | | | |
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