article / Oktobar 28, 2005
Quake mother’s grief knows no bounds
In a matter of seconds the South Asia earthquake erased all the love and laughter from the household of Subba and Rashim Jan Mughal’s 16-member family. Rashim Jan and another daughter in law are the only women among the family’s 10 survivors now.
article / Oktobar 28, 2005
Learning to love; quake crushes young couple’s dreams
Gul Mohammad Mughal, 22, was married just two years but they were the best two years of his life, the sweet time in which the two halves of an arranged marriage came to know one another and grow into love.
article / Oktobar 24, 2005
A mass eviction & the race against time in Pakistan
This was my day off and I was wondering what I’d write about until the late afternoon when the landlord showed up at our team house in Mansehra, North West Frontier Province. He announced we needed to be gone by this evening. We were evicted.
article / Oktobar 24, 2005
When delivering aid in Pakistan feels like triage
His next move shocked us. I cried out, “He’s trying to grab the truck keys!” but I was completely wrong. Our driver was embarrassed. The man was trying to grab his knee like a medieval peasant begging his overlord.
article / Oktobar 20, 2005
Sharing tents, aftershocks & landslides in a divided village
Aftershocks always begin with a soft boom that reminds me of distant artillery fire. Then the earth begins to shake, or it used to. Lately, the tremors have been so intense the ground vibrates.
article / Juli 28, 2005
Albanian elections unseat ruling socialists
The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) has confirmed the victory of the Democrats and their allies in Albania’s recent general election.
article / Juni 3, 2005
Roma & children with special needs ask Albanian President to support education for all
Denisa Kalemi, 13, a Roma girl from a World Vision literacy program in Vlore Area Development Programme (ADP), handed copies of the petitions to the President on behalf of the group, which included four other children from World Vision projects.
publication / Juni 1, 2005
Grassroots efforts to prevent and resolve violence
Grassroots peacebuilders have proven over and over that conflict is NOT inevitable and that development and peace are complementary, not competitive.
publication / Juni 1, 2005
Small feet, deep prints
Small Feet, Deep Prints not only describes how conflicts are affecting youngsters, but documents how children and young people in Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia and Uganda are working as partners with World Vision in peacebuilding.