Oye Kenza Burro's son Hikari was born with a cranial hernia. Oye couldn't decide whether to let the baby die or have surgery which might still leave him deeply handicapped. He decided instead to run away and go to an anti-nuclear conference in Hiroshima. The important thing about going there as it turned out was that he met people whose dilemmas were much more extreme than his own. And this gave Mr. Oyeh his answer: 'I must offer care where there is pain'
The economics are clear-cut: the benefits of preserving the lungs of the world vastly outweigh those of felling trees. We travel to the Amazon and find that the problem is largely down to lawlessness in the world’s rainforests. And reflecting on the life of Oe Kenzaburo, a Japanese writer shaped by family crisis who gave voice to the voiceless.
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