One of 200

So, turns out Jacob did have malaria, but was in more immediate danger from starvation. Because the only thing he’d eaten all week was one of the PB&J’s at Kids’ Club on Tuesday. The man and woman he lived with kicked him out last week because he wasn’t brining in food or money – silly kid, he was going to school instead. They sold his school uniform and shoes, though, so the only way he is able to continue going to school is because Mama Joshua (Coni) was willing to purchase him a replacement set. So he’s now staying with a friend and returned to school on Monday.

This was hard information to process – and maybe because knowing about one specific case makes you wonder more about all the others you don’t know about … how many of the other 200 kids had only a PB&J to eat last week?