Not to upstage Uncle Ron's story... still thinking about it, Uncle Ron. I want to write something, but I'm still thinking about it. :) But if you get a chance, please watch this WONDERFUL documentary. It's available for free on nova's website right now:
Click on this link.
Warning... keep kleenex nearby. :) Happy Kleenex, not sad Kleenex.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
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We women take so much for granted here in this country. God will bless the people who help.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't view the link- is there another way to watch it?
ReplyDeleteHere's a link to the trailer... you can rent it on netflix. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjMIdu1nfa0
ReplyDeleteOH, and heads up... the movies take a while to load. Give them a few minutes, when each starts.
ReplyDeleteThose doctors deserve a Nobel prize.
ReplyDeleteThat was a very beautiful documentary. Sometimes it's hard to remember what life is like for so many people in the world. Makes me kind of sick with how cushy my life is and how little I do with it.
Thanks for posting this video and helping others be aware of things like this.
Adelle,
ReplyDeleteOne thing I think about is that life has times and seasons... someday I'll be able to get out and do this kind of charity work, maybe... but for right now my charity work is in my own home, raising my kids to be good, happy, productive adults. I think really the trick is not to lose awareness of how blessed we are, and always be on the lookout for ways we can help (in whatever stage of life) be they small or large, etc. :) In our own communities, especially.
Anyway, one of the things I loved about this movie was how it portrays the beauty and personalities of these women. So many of these documentaries don't really bring that across. This one does, and does it so very well.
I liked the clip I saw off of youtube. I think having what those women had would be so scary. Especially because you wouldn't know why you were having problems all the time- and to carry a child and be in labor so long, and then child's dead! My heart goes out to them.
ReplyDelete"one of the things I loved about this movie was how it portrays the beauty and personalities of these women."
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed that aspect of it, too. And hearing each of their individual stories. It was interesting to watch the one girl go home and scold her husband. And to watch the other girl's absolute, determined certainty that she would not go home again-- and so good to see her finally happy at the orphanage!
NoSurf merrilyk and I watched this documentary on Sunday and it was really touching and humbling.
ReplyDeleteI think it is terrible how those women are treated. Taken off the street when they are 8 to be married. Still years away from even having the capability of starting a family. I know it's a cultural thing, but those men make me sick.
Then those women (really still children) who are taken full advantage of are shunned by those who initiated the harm that befell them. I have such respect and admiration for those doctors and nurses and volunteers who are trying to help. It really is wonderful.
I wonder when we really do get to a point where our resources are "sufficient for our needs" and we can start helping others who are not so fortunate with our surplus?
Thanks for sharing NoSurf!
It makes me sick inside, too. Just... the whole thing. The oppression of women. It's an odd juxtaposition... in rural Ethiopia, the mothers are the heart of the home, the ones who do the work, the ones who make sure the children survive. And a lot of the time, they're treated like goods, to be traded or discarded when "broken."
ReplyDeleteThis is an example of all the good things in the term "Feminist." In my mind, these doctors and aid workers are feminists, because they are promoting the cause of women in a part of the world where women have learned to not have hope.