As
I watch CNN news on this gray Sunday morning, Mother’s Day, I am saddened by
the news of the 276 girls who were abducted in Nigeria. As they show the story,
my hearts goes out to the families who had their young daughters taken away
from them on the night of April 14th to become slaves.
As
I watch the news reports I learn that Nigerians have been protesting their
government to take action to find the girls and bring them home. People around
the world have joined in, using social media to call upon officials to
#BringHomeOurGirls and express solidarity with the families.
As
they show the families you can see their anguish and pain. I have no idea what
these girls are going through. I can only imagine the worst and it brings tears
to my eyes and a lump in my throat. To end this, I can simply just turn off the
TV. However, that does not feel right.
One of the girls who managed to jump off the
truck, according to her there were seven trucks, she and a couple of others
said that they preferred to jump off and run into the bushes. She cried as she
told the report that they just kept on running not knowing where they were
going to end up. The families do not sleep in their homes for they fear these
terrorists will come back and attack them in their homes.
My
surprise is as to why this piece of news has only been given importance three weeks
later. Perhaps if it had happened elsewhere the media would have made it
mainstream. However, only after the Nigerians put it out on social networks have people been interested. I really do hope that this action makes a
difference. I keep asking myself what I can do to help and the only thing I can
think of is pray.
My
prayers go out to these families and especially to these mothers whose hearts
are breaking today on Mother’s Day.
You can read more about the situation in
Nigeria at : http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27310183
(May
11, 2014)
.jpg) |
| Google Images |
No comments:
Post a Comment