“I knew this boy from before. We were from the same village. I refused to kill him, and they told me they would shoot me. They pointed a gun at me, so I had to do it…”
With all the world’s chatter about human slavery, especially sex trafficking and sweat shops, it seems that child soldiers have often been overlooked. Tragically, many don’t understand that it is these kid warriors who are exposed to EVERY form of modern slavery. The International Labour Organization (ILO) calls child soldiering one of the cruelest forms [...]
We just received word from our staff in Burma of an electrical surge and explosion that devastated one of the homes for former girl soldiers. Fortunately, we can say with great relief that all the children were attending school when it happened. The building, however, was severely damaged and all the girls in the cottage lost their belongings…
Our friends and partners – ORA Int’l – have been in Haiti since the quake. Their priority is protecting and caring for the children of the land.
We may not have all the money or resources in the world, but that doesn’t mean that 20-somethings are not an asset to ending the plight of child soldiers.
Here are 4 everyday things we can do that, in reality, are revolutionary:
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