March 13, 2010

Some more hard stuff

John is in Bangladesh today working on figuring out what and how Children on the Edge can help the refugees there. I thought some of you would be interested in reading some news articles from there. Also, I haven't heard the story first hand but he wrote on facebook that he witnessed an accident today in which a guy on a motorbike was crushed by a truck carrying bricks. He has seen such difficult things this week already- that must be horrible.

Envoy Seeks War Crimes Probe

Myanmar refugees face grim future in Bangladesh

Then a bit closer to home- here is a slideshow of refugees here in Thailand

3 comments:

Miscellannie said...

you know it's bad when Bangladesh is a better option than where you are...

papajack said...

Lord Jesus come and bring an end to the suffering in the world.

Through said...

Happy Birthday, big brother!
Rebecca and Jonathan