Children and war!

I feel one of the saddest parts of war is the effects it

has on the children.
They are the innocent ones that suffer for what the
adults have caused.

As I was searching for information for my speech, I

came across a very inspiring foundation that focuses
on children affected by war. I wanted to tell you
about this organization.
It is called war child.

War Child was founded in 1993 in response to the

conflict in the former Yugoslavia. It has since
expanded its work to conflicts worldwide.

War Child strives to help with the suffering of children

affected by war and focus on the future of these
children.

War child focuses on security, health, education and

the importance of love.
The organization is in;
• Australia - www.warchild.org.au
• Canada - www.warchild.ca
• Netherlands - www.warchild.nl
• United Kingdom - www.warchild.org.uk
• United States - www.warchildusa.org
Here are some Facts about War Children

These facts were supplied by War Child United

Kingdom.

• One and a half million children have been killed

in armed conflicts throughout the world over the
last ten years.
• Four million children have been disabled in these
conflicts.
• Six thousand children are killed or seriously
damaged by land mines every year.
• 140 million children in developing countries have
never attended school.
• In southern Iraq, where War Child is working on a
community program, 76% of all households
depend on food rations from them.
• In Afghanistan, War Child continues to negotiate
the release of children from adult detention
centres and supports kindergartens for children
born in prisons.

War child is run fully by volunteers and raises it’s

money by way of donations and also sales of
children’s books and cd’s.

As I say this speech they have volunteers working

around the world helping children of war.

In a perfect world we would have no war and

therefore children would not suffer, but unfortunately
this is not the case. One hope lies in organizations
such as this one and others like it and as Christians
we can pray that they help in rebuilding their lives in
some way.