The World Refugee Week 2017
This week is all about refugees, 19 to 25 June 2017 is
The World Refugee Week
From Alaska to Japan, worldwide over 65 million people have been forced from their homes due to conflict and violence. 65 million is really A LOT!
The citizens of the Netherlands:
To make it more visual, here are 10.000 dots
And here are 1 million dots
And that 65 times!
Let's pray and send our loving thoughts towards all those people without a safe and cozy house to live.
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Yes. Yesterday was a day I realized that even though in the US, where I live, and am not happy with certain political happenings, there is a world out there of people who are suffering. All of us-no matter our country- must somehow put our awareness and love towards these people who don't have the most basic place to call their own. And if the opportunity to take some action manifests, then we must act. We get so caught up in our own personal issues. Thanks for this reminder, Loes.
Look at what is happening in Syria, genocide, and the UN is silent. For some unknown reason the UN likes to condemn only Israel - the only democracy in the Middle East, where people live freely regardless of religion, race or gender.
It is a sad thing to see so many refugees in this world, I wonder how we can help, thanks Loes dear.:)
Oh peace you are so illusive for human beings. Where are you? Are you in the lower forms of animals? Why?
Where is that theological perception that human is the master piece of the Creator and that they are created in the image of God?
I don't understand what you mean to say with the first part of your reaction Jimmy, I do understand the second part, though
Peace has ever been the pursuit in political and religious groups but it's so illusive.
Other animals mock at us as we say we are higher in form than them but we cannot organize ourselves. Violence is everywhere and it brings heavy load on emotional, spiritual and political responsibilities and accountabilities.
I get you now:) Yes, it's heartbreaking how humanity, as a higher form of life, as we think we are, are so destructive towards all life and the environment, which is not even ours but which we have the earth in lease-lend. Humen are very bad landlords.
It is of all times, Loes. "Thanks" to all the different kind of Gods/religion and dictators. The Netherlands had, at the beginning of the Great War (1914-1919) almost 1 million refugees on a population of about 6 million.
It is too bad we are in the middle(?) of such an inhuman period, having never learned of the past/our history. Yet it is 2017.
Thoughts....
Johan Wijngaarden
My thought?
It's of all times, is a weak excuse, Johan. The priority of all human should be to provide a safe place to live for everyone.
These are only the refugees, we need to prioritize the well-being of people in the ghetto too.
It is no excuse. I could not agree more with you. ALL people should be entitled to have a valuable life in a safe place. No one is better then the other. When we all think that way, we could work out towards such a peaceful world.
Johan
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My prayers are with those unfortunate ones
Thank you Roopesh:)