Guest guest Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 I had a friend who was in the Peace Corps for a while. He served in Kenya and he had suggested to his parents that if he were to die, donating to a special fund for Kenya that some members of the Corps set up was what he wanted in leiu of flowers. Years later, he died in a mountain climbing accident in New Zealand. His parens asked mourners to donate to the fund, and I did. I do not regret the donation except that when I see things like what is happening in this article going on, it shows me that African nations are pretty much a lost cause. I do not think I will donate to any African cause again based on what is happening in Kenya and other African nations. http://www.abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=4073754 AU Head Goes to Kenya Following Violence " Head of the African Union Goes to Kenya Following Election Violence That Has Killed 275 " <snip> " The killing of up to 50 ethnic Kikuyus Tuesday as they sheltered in a church in the Rift Valley city of Eldoret recalled scenes from the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, when more than a half-million people were killed. " <snip> " The U.N. cited Kenyan police as saying 70,000 people had been displaced so far. Around 5,400 people have also fled to neighboring Uganda, said Musa Ecweru, that country's disaster preparedness minister. " <snip> " The worst part is that they were hacking people and then setting them on fire, " he added. Tom Administrator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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