Guest blogger:Sarah Lenssen from as5for5
Guest blogger: Sarah Lenssen from as5for5 photos courtesy of Cate Turton / Dept. for International Development First, thanks to Terri Nakamura (@terrinakamura) for allowing me to post on her blog today! Today, more than 25 bloggers, including this one, are standing with me to Ask 5 for 5 for Africa. Here's why.... I began pursuing a BIG dream two weeks ago. After deciding I could no longer avoid the news about the famine in the horn of Africa , I had that gut feeling that I couldn't sit this one out. I HAD to do something because I could . Something bigger than I could do alone. That's when #Ask5for5 was born. Two of my children, Ashen and Bereket, were adopted and are from the region affected by the drought in Ethiopia . They would be two of the statistics if they still lived there. I see my son’s and daughter’s faces in the photos of those suffering in the refugee camps. It could have been him. It could have been her. The thought haunts me. ...
