• tortillaPeanuts@lemmy.world
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    They were already there. “They made the decision to remain even when it got worse because they felt like if they left, then those kids would have no where to go" Source

    They were ambushed by gang members, after helping orphans at a church, in an attempted robbery. They were leaving the church and got attacked on their way home.

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      6 months ago

      Damn, so genuinely good people caught in the crossfire. I don’t like how so many commenters are shitting all over them here.

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        Because even if they are doing charity work, the real reason they’re there is to spread the colonizer’s religion and ideas.