Yes, I know that our 401k and 403b retirement plans are in the dumpers because of what is happening in the U.S. and global stock markets. Yes, the American government in Washington during the debt ceiling debate has just gone through a period of what can at best be considered ineffectual.
Still, thousands of miles away in the Horn of Africa there is a severe drought. So, I am including this article from the Kalamazoo Gazette as a reminder of the many who are less fortunate than we are who live in the U.S.
According to the article:
"An estimated 29,000 Somali children younger than 5 have died as a result of the drought, U.S. officials said last week, and the U.N. estimates more than 600,000 children are acutely malnourished."
The Gazette further states,
"When Maureen Metty visited Kenya this summer, it was easy for her to see that things were not looking good.
There was dry land where rivers and lakes once were, and locals told her it had been some time since rain had fallen in the African country's northwest.
“They told me at that point that they probably had about two hours of rain in a year and a half,” said the nun from Kalamazoo’s Sisters of St. Joseph.
For further details, see:www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2011/08/kalamazoos_sisters_of_st_josep.html
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