Photo Credit: Abby Ross
Last night, after nearly two days of fierce fighting, we received word from one of our Congo partners. Bosco and his troops killed 2 boys and raped 12 girls being rehabilitated in Mweso with Falling Whistles’ funding.
We are as outraged as we are devastated by this news. Something could have been done. Something should have been done. Nothing was done.
But that’s for another day.
Today is about 12 girls and 2 boys , forced into circles of violence in war that is not their own.
The UN already has the jurisdiction to stop Bosco. It’s up to you, and you, and me, and we, to make sure they do.
Whistleblowers speak in the face of injustice.
We stand beside these kids. Join us.
Be a Whistleblower for Peace,
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The world’s population has reached (and now surpassed) seven billion. We may not have had a hand at creating the seven billionth human being (it’s also nearly impossible to pin point the exact baby), but let us all welcome this new joy into our family (homonidae).
When the one billionth song was downloaded by Alex Ostrovsky (“Speed of Sound” by Coldplay), he was given ten iPods, an iMac, and a $10,000 music gift card. Not to mention, a scholarship to Julliard was established in his name.
So what’s our prize?
Rewind to November 16, 1993, Bologna, Italy.
It’s the qualifying match for the World Cup. England versus San Marino. England kicks off the game with a back pass and suddenly BAM, interception by forward David Gualtieri. Mere seconds later, the score is 1-0 to San Marino.
Within 8.3 seconds, San Marino scored, setting the record for the fastest goal ever scored in a qualifying match. It happened so fast that it memorably caughtJonathanPearce, the sports announcer, mid sentence.
That would be the first and last goal scored by San Marino that day as San Marino would later go on to lose 7-1 to England. Despite the loss, Gualtieri’s goal would go on to be internationally celebrated and a national hero to Scotland.
Fast forward to 2009 in the Czech Republic.
Blesk, a Czech tabloid, makes a proposition. If San Marino beat Slovenia in the qualify match for the 2010 World Cup, the Czech Republic would reward the team with $55,000 or “all the beer its players could drink” (The New York Times, 2011).
San Marino lost 3-0. Said San Marino coach Giampaolo Mazza, “I knew it was beer I would never drink.”
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