The Gaza Sunbirds are a paracycling team that formed in 2020. Many of its members have lost limbs during war.

Gaza paracycling team pivots to aid distribution amid war

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The Gaza Sunbirds are a paracycling team that formed in 2020. Many of its members have lost limbs during war. 

Courtesy of the Gaza Sunbirds

Cyclists on the Gaza Sunbirds team have always dreamed of competing on the global stage at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. But amid the Israel-Hamas war, the athletes have pivoted to delivering food to community members in need. And, a new study says salmon populations produced in countries such as Norway, the UK and Canada are dying in large numbers. Warming waters and disease are seen as the main culprits for the depletion of farmed salmon. Also, in northwest Nigeria’s Kaduna state, gunmen recently stormed into a rural town, rounded up 287 children and kidnapped them to a nearby forest. The circumstances differ from four day ago when Islamist militants kidnapped about 200 women and children elsewhere in Nigeria’s rural north. We hear what’s behind the most recent kidnapping and what it means for state security. Plus, the sound of “The Society of Snow.” 

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Gaza Sunbird team members distribute much-needed food aid and other supplies in Rafah, Gaza in February 2024.
Gaza Sunbirds paracycling team pivots to aid distribution amid war
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