Blog 10 Kidnapped!

I find it amazing that In America, we have a many people in lack of the basics needs but in other countries sever poverty is real. There are many children, women and men that go days without food, water and shelter. This not only breaks down their community and in time loses their culture but it also spreads infectious diseases in turn affecting many more people. In this article, kidnappers killed a Nigerien health worker.  BEFEN and Health alert announced that five health workers were freed in Niger Saturday but their friend and coworker Aime Soulembaye died after being shot during the kidnapping. They were kidnapped on October 14th from Dakoro, a town in southwestern Niger. Although the identities of the kidnappers have not been confirmed, they are suspected to have been Islamist extremists that have kidnapped other aid workers before. In previous cases they took them to Mali to be held for a ransom. The tragedy comes in when the reasons for taking theses men were to of ill intentions due to the work they do. Soulambye and the others had helped more than 20,000 children and families with malnutrition and malaria in Niger. Later in the weekend, the kidnappers were caught but while still holding another set of hostages so the army was placed in a critical position. Kidnapping seems to be a major issue across the globe with the common goal of looking for a ransom. Sadly, they are taking people who are actually making difference in our world. To combat this issue a sense of security should be put in place in every country. ON another note, this malnutrition that they were working towards bettering needs to get better.  I know the United Nations out into place the millennium development goals, which included eradicating poverty and world hunger. Although I don’t see this being done by 2015, the efforts toward reaching it are a start.

http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2012/11/03/niger-aid-group-kidnappers-kill-1-release-5