{"id":3138,"date":"2017-06-23T10:21:56","date_gmt":"2017-06-23T10:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/?p=3138"},"modified":"2017-07-01T10:49:53","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T10:49:53","slug":"15-worst-countries-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/2017\/06\/23\/15-worst-countries-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Worst Countries For Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/funny-lubango-boys-04.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3140\" src=\"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/funny-lubango-boys-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/funny-lubango-boys-04.jpg 528w, https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/funny-lubango-boys-04-300x272.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Two decades ago I was in search of a special challenge: To offer a piece of my life providing healthcare in a nation at war. Simultaneously, a coalition of church in the southern African nation of Angola put out a call for assist in launching a clinic ministry. Thus began a partnership that&#8217;s endured through today. Next week I depart for my sixteenth summer in Angola.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When I first arrived in 1989 the plight of children was paramount. Most schools had long since been shuttered &#8211; closed by the colonists who feared an educated public and evacuated by the <span class=\"inf\">armies<\/span> who preferred child as soldiers. Diseases of poverty (measles, malaria, dysentery, malnutrition) abounded, cultivated by absent vaccinations, mosquito nets, safe drinking water, and a pervasive attitude the childhood death was normal.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s Angola is much improved. Armed conflict has ceased. Roads are now traversable. Some school have the lights on. Nevertheless, the plight of Angolan children remains grave, among the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theclever.com\/the-15-worst-countries-for-kids-to-grow-up-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> 15 Worst Countries for Children to Grow Up In<\/a>. What can you yourself do? This complex question may cause you, like myself, to go in search of a special challenge, a unique partnership, to offer a piece of your life on their behalf.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Two decades ago I was in search of a special challenge: To offer a piece of my life providing healthcare in a nation at war. Simultaneously, a coalition of church in the southern African nation of Angola put out a call for assist in launching a clinic ministry. 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