For those of you who love looking at childrens photos, you may think this is a post just for you. Childrens pictures certainly appear in the links. Look at those innocent looking eyes as they look back at you. Now, look deeper and see if there is anything else to see.
Notice anything different? Well peer into the following link and look to see if there is any more clues. We all have complaints from time to time as we move forward into our future. Children are always seen as being symbolic of the future hopes of every generation.
BUT, these children have no lasting future. They are suffering from cancer, yet they fight for all thy have living positively.
This is their message today
These youngsters live in Aden at the entrance to the Red Sea. I know Aden well, I lived there as a teenager in the 1960's, as some of you will be aware from reading my book "From barren rocks to living stones". According to local legend, Aden is the site of the Garden of Eden. A garden that spoke of quality of life. These youngsters may not have the quantity of life, but they still are determined to have the quality of life in their garden of Eden.
One resource they look for is books to read in their language with the simplicity of a child like mind. Books just like these
Great that Open Salon can draw so many together who love reading, but give a thought today for these young lives that will never live to write with us. A dream has begun for a library to be established for them. Take a look at their page in facebook. Some is in Arabic, but English is there too
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Good to have your comments, and my hope will be that others may be able to catch a vision of seeing a quality of life given to these young people.
Since putting this post here, I have found that SOME, but not all, will be able to read English as well as Arabic. I will post more as the info comes to me.