How my LOK fan fiction relates to world affairs

I’ve been working on “Trust, Truth, Fear, and Freedom” for months now, but very recently I had a burst of inspiration, and out of nowhere I came up with material about how Senna and Tonraq lived during those first few years without Korra. I’ve posted it as a short story, entitled “In Her Absence”, but I may combine it with the main body; please read it and let me know in a review what you think I should do.

I originally got the idea for this work from Pulpo Fiction’s story “dream of the lotus in bloom”, but lately my driving force has been hearing news of Boko Haram’s atrocities. It has been a year since the #BringBackOurGirls campaign, and not only have those kidnapped girls not been rescued, but more people are being kidnapped or killed. As far as I know, the same goes for the Kony2012 campaign and the Lord’s Resistance Army. I understand best through stories, either reading or telling them. So writing TTFF is my way of trying to imagine how separated families in Africa must be feeling now, of honoring them, and of raising awareness and encouraging prayer for them. It feels like the only thing I, as an American college student, can do to respond to the situation.