Two Pictures: One kid at a time

The beauty of relief workers is they understand the value of “one at a time.” Twenty-nine thousand children have died in the East African famine. One didn’t. That’s today’s story, reported by the Associated Press.

Minhaj Gedi Farah, a Somali baby, was literally the poster child for the despair in Kenya when this image was snapped in July.

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But just one month later, doctors said it wouldn’t be long before he would leave the hospital:

And this picture was taken just a few weeks ago. The boy is being held by Dr. John Kiogora at the International Rescue Committee.

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