February 2012
2 posts
Lodging for Orphans in Congo: Please Help
As I explained several posts ago, the Congolese kid hero of this blog for the last two years lost his house/shack in a rainstorm in December. He moved with his siblings to a rental house that is $30 a month. Because he’s a kid, the landlord is asking for three months rent at a time. He scrapped together $30 but he needs another $60. Please help. You can also fund rent for a longer period. The...
Powertripping Sadists, or a Failed State: What's...
What is JFK University?
I’ve never heard of it. But it educated a social worker who has institutionalized a young man in a reform school since he was a boy. This young man is now 16. He has never been on a sports team, gone to a party, and can’t walk without being followed by an adult. He was abused when he was a child, taken away from his family and placed with a foster parent. He...