In about a month’s time I am running a film screening where I hope to show a copy of the Invisible Children documentary and Uganda Rising.
The films highlight the issues faced by thousands of children in Northern Uganda. Since the LRA (Lords Rebel Army) started the war against the government approx 20 years ago, children have been abducted and indoctrinated. The children of Gulu land, Acholi tribe now fear to sleep at home in their beds and so each evening they roll up their mats and walk miles into town where they sleep in bus shelters, hospital corridors and places were they feel they will not be abducted.
This is just one specific spotlight of the affect that War has on Children.
In Sierra Leone the city is inundated with children who are desolate because their parents have been murdered during the war; they wander into town sometimes with limbs cut off hoping that someone will take care of them.
In Palestine – well, what can I say? If you can get hold of “No Promises” then do so.
In Iraq as we Brits talk about the 140th UK citizen to be killed I think of the thousands of children who are homeless, parentless and damaged because of what they are seeing and hearing every single day.
In Afghanistan as we applaud societal changes brought about by the removal of the dictator army lords – rarely do we see the faces of the lost innocence who are displaced and no longer play as they used to.
I could go on and on and on. That’s why organisations like War Child exist. That’s why Unicef and others campaign for children’s rights, it’s a pity that instead of nurturing our future we are trampling it underfoot.
Anyone who lives in London is welcome to come along to an awareness raising event to see for themselves otherwise you can catch the movie here. I’ll seek permission to get Uganda Rising and No Promises uploaded too. I’m not the only one that wants to try and do something, I have been emailing back and forth this week with two people Mark and Stephen who are from the Quaker Peace Society who are working in Gulu to support and promote reconciliation and peace-building, by providing practical support to survivor groups and by engaging with Acholi traditional leaders to explore wider possibilities.
I hope to have leaflets and possibly a speaker at the viewing.
To find out about any of these organisations just click on their names & you’ll be redirected to their websites. You can donate your time, money or talent to any or all of them. I am sure it will be welcome.
If you can drop by on 25 June at The Good Ship, Kilburn, London it would be great to meet you and I promise I’ll find some light relief so we don’t all go home totally depressed.
The films highlight the issues faced by thousands of children in Northern Uganda. Since the LRA (Lords Rebel Army) started the war against the government approx 20 years ago, children have been abducted and indoctrinated. The children of Gulu land, Acholi tribe now fear to sleep at home in their beds and so each evening they roll up their mats and walk miles into town where they sleep in bus shelters, hospital corridors and places were they feel they will not be abducted.
This is just one specific spotlight of the affect that War has on Children.
In Sierra Leone the city is inundated with children who are desolate because their parents have been murdered during the war; they wander into town sometimes with limbs cut off hoping that someone will take care of them.
In Palestine – well, what can I say? If you can get hold of “No Promises” then do so.
In Iraq as we Brits talk about the 140th UK citizen to be killed I think of the thousands of children who are homeless, parentless and damaged because of what they are seeing and hearing every single day.
In Afghanistan as we applaud societal changes brought about by the removal of the dictator army lords – rarely do we see the faces of the lost innocence who are displaced and no longer play as they used to.
I could go on and on and on. That’s why organisations like War Child exist. That’s why Unicef and others campaign for children’s rights, it’s a pity that instead of nurturing our future we are trampling it underfoot.
Anyone who lives in London is welcome to come along to an awareness raising event to see for themselves otherwise you can catch the movie here. I’ll seek permission to get Uganda Rising and No Promises uploaded too. I’m not the only one that wants to try and do something, I have been emailing back and forth this week with two people Mark and Stephen who are from the Quaker Peace Society who are working in Gulu to support and promote reconciliation and peace-building, by providing practical support to survivor groups and by engaging with Acholi traditional leaders to explore wider possibilities.
I hope to have leaflets and possibly a speaker at the viewing.
To find out about any of these organisations just click on their names & you’ll be redirected to their websites. You can donate your time, money or talent to any or all of them. I am sure it will be welcome.
If you can drop by on 25 June at The Good Ship, Kilburn, London it would be great to meet you and I promise I’ll find some light relief so we don’t all go home totally depressed.
