Reuters AlertNet - More background, Reality on the ground

TIMELINE: How Niger’s food crisis unfolded

Bracelets tell tales in starving Niger village

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Niger Country Profile

Niger Current News

Niger Famine in the news

UN News Service: In Face of Worsening Hunger in Niger, UN Steps Up Aid, Warns of Rising Deaths

UN Integrated Regional Information Networks: World Food Program to More Than Double Food Aid Recipients to 2.5 Million

US Dept. of State: USAID Announces Additional Emergency Food Aid for Niger

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Niger - Top News

Learn More about the Devastating Famine in Niger

ABC News

I love Grandpa

Andy got the photo (and a couple of others) up first. I am thrilled with my new birthday T-shirt with this photo on it and the caption "Ask me about Owen John".

Does America care about Niger now?

Derrik Jackson in today's Chicago Tribune

Hundreds of Children Starving in Niger

Washington Post, July 24, 2005

See BBC videos from last week:

'Scenes from Niger'

'Special Niger Report'

July 20: Niger Struggles With Worsening Food Situation; Children Begin Dying of Hunger

The famine in Niger folds while the whole world watches, and a few take action. - allAfrica.com: Niger

from a poem by Wendell Berry

A fragment of wisdom from a larger work worth absorbing: Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front, by Wendell Berry:

"So, friends, every day do something
that won't compute. Love the Lord.
Love the world. Work for nothing.
Take all that you have and be poor.
Love someone who does not deserve it. "

Good advise for the tech guy, and maybe for others, too.

Thanks to Marilyn Chandler McIntyre, "In Praise of Anonymity", Books and Culture, July/August 2005, page 7 .

Google Earth

Another cool tool: Son of Keyhole = Google Earth

Qur'anic schools to be integrated in Niger

IOL: Qur'anic schools to be integrated in Niger

The Art of Self Leadership

I listened to a tape by Bill Hybels on this topic today, and it rocked me again to reflect on my leadership. Check it out: The Art of Self Leadership

UN representative reports on famine crisis in Niger

TODAYonline: "Niger's most vulnerable famine victims 'on the brink': UN"

International Student Friendship, Chicago

70% of the international students studying in the U.S. leave without ever entering an American home. That's not right.

The world is here visiting. Let's make friends. We could use a few more. Learn more at ISF Partners

Skype - Internet phone calls

This week I spoke with Joshua at Galmi using Skype. After a bit we conferenced in our friend Steve in Nebraska. It was clear and relatively simple. I haven't yet checked how it works on a dial-up connection, but it works great over a broadband connection. Let me know if you've got a skype ID. Apparently quite a few people do.

Benjamin James: born July 10, 1974

Thirty One years of blessing so far, many more to come.

Wild Middle Child

Great fun to be around, great heart, great energy and great passion for God.

Famine in Niger

BBC News: No food aid as hungry flee Niger

See also ReliefWeb, and World Vision.

Kezi & Mami at Jennifer & Tim's wedding last May. (Someone wanted to know what Mami looks like.)

Mothers' Day 2005 at the Chicago Botanic Gardens

Andy and I standing. Susan, Kezi, Carol, and Sus sitting.

Middle-Aged Lovers on Mothers' Day 

More people we love

Suga (Sus) and the Dud (cousin Jason) making life interesting on cotton candy day at the preschool.

Golden Apple Scholars

Our little girl was awarded a Golden Apple Scholarship. This means she's committing to be a teacher in a underserved community in Illinois for 5 years after graduation. The scholarship is designed to help produce top-quality teachers, and includes some financial help, as well as significant supplimental training and mentoring by master teachers.


Golden Apple Scholars