Green Hunger, Mothers' Hopes, and a Child's Cry for Peace in Burkina Faso
Rosemary McCarney
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Posted 11.16.2012
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Just a few days ago I joined Canada's newly appointed Minister of International Cooperation, Julian Fantino on a trip to Burkina Faso in West Africa. Throughout this visit I was struck by many sights and sounds that will stay with me for a long time -- evidence of how the crisis is affecting lives, how people are coping, and what more needs to be done to avert a crisis from becoming an all-out catastrophe.
