Readers' Blog: After 50 years of charity, time for resurgence in humanity

It’s been 50 years since the horror of starvation in Biafra played nightly across black and white televisions in Ireland.

Readers' Blog: After 50 years of charity, time for resurgence in humanity
Sat, 29 Dec, 2018 - 00:00

It’s been 50 years since the horror of starvation in Biafra played nightly across black and white televisions in Ireland.

Fifty years since an ordinary Dublin couple, John and Kay O’Loughlin Kennedy, started Africa Concern in their living room and, in doing so, defied the odds to make a difference.

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