Colleague and friend Peter in Bosnia 1994
It is very easy to get depressed by what we witness these days.
UN observers Syria
And while Germany takes refugees in by the 100.000's, countries in the region like Turkey and Lebanon are overwhelmed by mind boggling numbers, our (NZ) prime minister, son of a refugee himself, just announced the country will take in an extra 600 Syrian refugees over the next few years, on top of our yearly quota of 750... "We don't want to stretch the system any further". It is embarrassing... Good to know that part of SPB's proceeds goes to organisations like ChangeMakers and Refugee Trauma Recovery.
Meanwhile, I can only hope that we don't dress up as Syrian refugees at parties in a few years time, like a girl's WWII refugee outfit with beret available on Amazon.
Well said Daan!
ReplyDeleteSteve W.