Crying at work...

MarieandCharlie

I know this isn't the first story I've read about this (NPR has been telling some heartbreaking stories, too), but I'm just about sobbing at my desk.

Somalis flee famine along "roads of death"

All I want to do is go home and hug and kiss my babies.  Knowing that there are people out there who cannot feed their children and cannot access help makes me so angry and sad at the same time.

I just made a donation today (can't believe it's taken me this long).

Now I have to go pull myself together and head in for a meeting.

WinesNot Whines

I am so not reading that article at work.

Hey Jellisy

I know how you feel, last week I cried when NPR defined how we define famine.  I's terrible.  I feel like we need another "We Are The World"

membrn

Everything I was worrying or stressing about a few minutes ago, I am not anymore.  I worry about so much piddly stuff when I really just need to be thankful for what I have and the freedoms we enjoy. 

Thank you for sharing this article.  And who did you donate through?  I didn't see a link in the article..

belizeitornot

I feel like Brian Williams has been doing a story on this like every night on Nightly News. I can't watch anymore because it just tears my heart out. I would have been sad about it before anyway, but now as a mom... nothing breaks my heart more than to see these 2 year old children who are the size of my 8 month old because they're starving.  I made a donation too, but it just doesn't seem like enough.

A number of groups are collecting for aid... Unicef, Doctors without Borders, World Food Programme, etc. Here's a link of some:

https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43841708/ns/nightly_news

 

MarieandCharlie

We donated through World Food Programme and Red Cross.