Category: Children of War
Priest plunges school into darkness to save children from marauding gunmen – Catholic Herald Online
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Read MoreWar in Gaza – Save the Children International
Children are paying the heaviest price of this war. These past 7 months have been hell on earth for children in Gaza. They have lost homes, loved ones, the safety to which they have a right – and in many cases, their lives. Children in Gaza are being killed by bombs and bullets at an unprecedented rate. They are dying from hunger and disease at the fastest pace on record. Almost every child who has managed to survive the past six months of war is now in the line of fire
Read MoreoPt – War in Gaza – Save the Children International
Children are paying the heaviest price of this war. These past 7 months have been hell on earth for children in Gaza. They have lost homes, loved ones, the safety to which they have a right – and in many cases, their lives. Children in Gaza are being killed by bombs and bullets at an unprecedented rate. They are dying from hunger and disease at the fastest pace on record. Almost every child who has managed to survive the past six months of war is now in the line of fire
Read MoreWar in Ukraine – Save the Children International
OLEH* AND OLENA’S* STORY. Four-year-old friends Oleh and Olena live in Dnipro, eastern Ukraine. Despite their young age, they are no strangers to air raids. A few times a day, the children have to hide in shelters from the air raids. To make children evacuate promptly, teachers have created playful drills. During alarms, they turn on loud music and dress up as fantasy creatures to reduce stress on children. However, often the air raids can last more than two hours, which can cause young children to feel anxious and fearful.
Read MoreThe heavy toll for Gaza parents trying to keep their children safe amid war – The Washington Post
After more than six months of war, the children of the Gaza Strip have many questions their parents cannot answer. When will the war stop? How many more nights will they sleep on the floor? When can they go back to school? Some still ask after classmates who have been killed. The adults don’t know what to say. They feel helpless, desperate and exhausted, they say — worn out by the challenge of tending to visible wounds and those their children try to hide. To report this story, Washington Post
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