Today on Listen
Up: Caring for a country in crisis. As the government renews commitment
to Afghanistan, those involved on the front lines dig deeper to address
the real cost of healing a nation.
Today we look at new approaches to paying the cost for bringing relief
to a country ruined by religious extremism.
Afghanistan’s recent Taliban rule, two decades of war and four
years of drought has left the land desolate and its people
desperate. More than one million children have been killed,
disabled, or orphaned. Half of all men ages 14 to 40 have
been killed or maimed. 80 % of its teachers have either fled the
country or been killed.
Today we discover Canadian children are also part of the fallout.
The neglect of mental health services to children whose parents serve
as soldiers has launched an Inquiry. We’ll find out why and
what’s being done about it as we hear about the cost families pay
for service abroad.
Caring
for that distress in Afghanistan is having a mounting toll on the
children of the 2000 Canadian troops serving in Afghanistan. The need
to care for the mental health of those children has launched an
Ombudsman’s inquiry, spurred on by complaints from our next guest, Greg
Lubimiv. He is the Executive Director of the Phoenix Centre for
Children and Families, a counselling center near CFB Petawawa, Ontario.
A
collection of friends and volunteers tap into their network of
influence to help Afghanistan’s medical needs, a country where one
physician serves tens of thousands. We’ll find out why Health Partners
International has scored a victory for a war torn country. It’s a
success story from Health Partners International and what’s possible
when people of faith, put their faith into action.
Sometimes a reporter’s notebook has interesting details that never make
it to the public. When Canada’s Prime Minister announced a partnership
with the charitable work of Health Partners International – he held a
question and answer scrum. Scrums with the Prime Minister are rare –it
appears he doesn’t like the unpredictable format to be drawn off
message. Sure enough – that’s exactly what happened when it came to
bringing medical aid to Afghanistan’s great need. The scrum focussed
on attack advertising in political campaigning and later on the nightly
news, that was the story told. Much more topical and spicy than
medicine for Afghanistan. It’s just a lesson in action that great
people, volunteers and agencies continue to work away from the
limelight doing what’s right. Just because you don’t hear about it,
doesn’t mean charities aren’t behind the headlines of war, and yes,
they do desperately need your support. Just a different perspective on
the news.
Watch the following Listen Up shows for more on Afghanistan and guests:
Pacific 1:30
am Monday
Mountain 2:30am
Central 3:30am
Eastern 4:30am
National Religious Broadcasters (NRB)
Eastern 8pm Monday
10:30am Wednesday
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