Number of hungry children in Africa’s Sahel hits 10-year high – UN
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation The number of hungry children in West Africa’s Sahel region reached a 10-year high in 2018 due to poor rains, conflict and high food prices, the United Nations said on Friday. More than 1.3 million children under the age of five suffered from severe malnutrition this year in the six worst hit […]
US: LUTHERAN ‘COMFORT DOGS’ BRING COMPASSION, CARE DURING DISASTERS
CATHLEEN FALSANI, of Religion News Service, reports on how a Lutheran Church ministry deploys dogs to bring comfort to those in hard times…
Rev James Lawson, nonviolence advocate, recommended for US Congressional Gold Medal
Washington, DCRNS Rev James Lawson, a United Methodist minister known for his advocacy of nonviolence in the civil rights era and beyond, has been recommended for a Congressional Gold Medal. “It is, I think, time for us as a nation to really recognize all that he has done for people in this country and for […]