Children's Day on our blog is a place where we want to put a spotlight on children's issues. But most of all we wanted that the 22nd of each month to be a celebration of the children's spirit, the beauty and wonder of childhood. Children are not just the promise of what they might become but also the source of a particular kind of wisdom and love.
"What we need to learn from children isn't childish. Being with them connects us to the deep wisdom of life, which is ever-present and only asks to be lived. Now, when the world is so confused and its problems so complicated, I feel we need our children more than ever. Their natural wisdom points the way to solutions that lie, waiting to be recognized, within our own hearts."
"What we need to learn from children isn't childish. Being with them connects us to the deep wisdom of life, which is ever-present and only asks to be lived. Now, when the world is so confused and its problems so complicated, I feel we need our children more than ever. Their natural wisdom points the way to solutions that lie, waiting to be recognized, within our own hearts."
Michael Jackson
Unfortunately, around the world adult actions leave children in harms way, having to fight for their right to live. Reports from all over the world speak of abuse, negligence, poverty, slavery ...
In July 2011 news were showing a story that seamed brought out from archives. Drought and famine in Africa. Without sustained actions from international community to help end poverty and put a stop to conflicts that rage in the area, under severe weather conditions caused a huge humanitarian crisis.
F*****
In October 2011, ONE International organization launched a campaign, following the severe effects of the drought on the people in the Horn of Africa, in trying to gain support from as many voices in the word denouncing the obscenity of what was going on:
Unfortunately, around the world adult actions leave children in harms way, having to fight for their right to live. Reports from all over the world speak of abuse, negligence, poverty, slavery ...
In July 2011 news were showing a story that seamed brought out from archives. Drought and famine in Africa. Without sustained actions from international community to help end poverty and put a stop to conflicts that rage in the area, under severe weather conditions caused a huge humanitarian crisis.
F*****
In October 2011, ONE International organization launched a campaign, following the severe effects of the drought on the people in the Horn of Africa, in trying to gain support from as many voices in the word denouncing the obscenity of what was going on:
30,000 children died in just 3 months
The F Word: Famine is the Real Obscenity
The campaign is aimed at getting people together and speak up. Join our voices and let our leaders know we won't accept people dying in poverty and silence, urge them to act now with much needed aid but most of in getting them to move towards tackling underlining causes of poverty and famine.
This is about suffering, it's about life and fighting for it. In a poverty and conflict torn region, children find themselves struggling for every breath, fighting severe malnutrition and starvation.
If we don't protect our children, we have no future. Without making a better today we will not be able to build a better tomorrow.
"Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of
collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the
most vulnerable citizens in our society,
a life free of violence and
fear."
Nelson Mandela
8 months after the UN declared famine in Somalia a study reveals that a good harvest made possible by good weather conditions and the efforts by aid agencies, organizations and people around the world have improved the situation.
We CAN make a change.
"125,000 no longer face severe malnutrition
– thanks largely to the efforts of the Somalis themselves
and the humanitarian aid they’ve received"
Senait Gebregzhiabher, the head of Oxfam in Somalia
"Hope is such a beautiful word, but it often seems very fragile.
Life is still being needlessly hurt and destroyed."
Michael Jackson
Around 10 million people in the Eastern Africa are still depending on food aid to survive (2.3 million in Somalia alone). aid workers are being attacked, while war is still going on.
West Africa might face a food crisis this year.
Our help is still needed. Can we make this the last famine?
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