Friday, April 1, 2022 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
When you think about the basic needs of Ukrainian refugee children, books would seem to occupy a place much farther down the list than food, clothing, and shelter. But for Maria Deskar, CEO of Poland’s Universal Reading Foundation, the idea of giving books to children is nearly as urgent. “The help for kids here is crucial,” Ms. Deskar explains in a video chat from Warsaw. “Reading to a child creates a sense of safety, the feeling that ‘If we have time to read a book, that means we are OK,’” she says. Also: today’s stories, including Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s close ties to Russia, mysteries of a changing Antarctica, and the round-the-world journey of a single pair of Levi’s made in a factory in Lesotho. Join the Monitor's April Austin and Ken Kaplan for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.