Ceasefire needed to stop starvation

Most likely, very few Washington state residents have ever seen a starving child. 

While living in three African countries for 17 years, I saw a few children with kwashiorkor (a protein deficiency evidenced by extended stomachs and sparse reddish hair), but only once at the JFK Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia, did I see a child on the brink of starvation. Believe me, it was traumatic. I wanted the medical personnel to hurry, do something, rush right away to treat this emergency.

Today, we learn of countless children starving in Gaza and Sudan. 

Experienced United Nations personnel, aid agencies and other not-for-profits have reported they have never seen such traumatic situations of children dying from starvation. Imagine helpless parents forced to witness their children gradually losing weight, becoming skeletal-like and dying.

You can help the children in Gaza by contacting American Friends Service Committee (a Quaker organization) and other reputable nonprofits. Donations are usually welcomed, and sent to where there is most need to relieve suffering of children in this horrific war.

In addition call and write Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, and Rep. Cathy McMorris-Rodgers to demand a ceasefire so food can arrive immediately.   

Nancy Street

Cheney