The afternoon session of the ILC is focussed on HOPE worldwide. I am posting this while the meeting is going on. Mark Templer opened the session …

He spoke of an orphaned girl who was taken to adoptive parents, but who was returned to the orphanage when the parents discovered she was deaf in one ear. She screamed on returning to the orphanage. Such trauma is hard for me to imagine, but is a common experience for so many millions in this world today. HOPE is making a difference in such a compassionate and cost-effective way.