A Voice For The Voiceless
By Andrew Boyd
Lion Publishing. 448 pages. £20.00
ISBN 0 7459 3734 9
The name of Baroness Caroline Cox is not unfamiliar to EN readers; in her work with Christian Solidarity International (now Christian Solidarity Worldwide), she challenges 'compassion fatigue' and campaigns tirelessly (literally, as the book makes clear!) for those who are forgotten and have no chance to speak up for themselves.
A Voice for the Voiceless is an account of Caroline Cox's involvement in different, but equally desperate situations, starting with the plight of children in orphanages in the former Soviet Union, and continuing in Nagorno Karabakh, Myanmar, and Sudan (told in separate sections). An appendix details her home political involvement, while early chapters give a biographical outline, including her elevation to the peerage in 1982 (not 1992 as on page 50).
