Bangui - Von dem blutigen Konflikt in der Zentralafrikanischen Republik sind nach Angaben des Uno-Kinderhilfswerks Unicef rund 2,3 Millionen Kinder betroffen. Sie seien durch die Gewalt direkt und "massiv bedroht", sagte der Unicef-Kommunikationsbeauftragte für Zentralafrika, Daniel Timme. Kinder würden gezielt getötet oder verstümmelt, sexuell missbraucht und von bewaffneten Gruppen als Kämpfer rekrutiert.
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/zentralafrikanische-republik-unicef-sieht-millionen-kinder-in-gefahr-a-972370.html
Donnerstag, 29. Mai 2014
Sonntag, 25. Mai 2014
Schüler drehen für den Frieden Runden
Am 2. Juli heißt es für Aachener Schüler wieder: Laufen für den guten Zweck. Unter dem Motto „1914 – 2014: Aus Feinden können Freunde werden – Mach den ersten Schritt!“ findet zum 13. Mal der Aachener Friedenslauf statt, für den sich bereits 19 Schulen angemeldet haben.
Schüler drehen für den Frieden Runden - Lesen Sie mehr auf:
http://www.aachener-zeitung.de/lokales/aachen/schueler-drehen-fuer-den-frieden-runden-1.835284#plx1073824753
Schüler drehen für den Frieden Runden - Lesen Sie mehr auf:
http://www.aachener-zeitung.de/lokales/aachen/schueler-drehen-fuer-den-frieden-runden-1.835284#plx1073824753
Mittwoch, 21. Mai 2014
Growing up in war - the DRC's child soldiers
KIWANJA (NORTH KIVU PROVINCE), 31 March 2014 (IRIN) - When he was seven Dikembe Muamba* became a soldier on the orders of his uncle, a chief in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) North Kivu Province.
“I stole my first gun, when I was 10. It was a flintlock. By the time I became a captain at 14, I had many guns. I led 50 people, both children and adults. There were about 30 children in the unit. The youngest was 10,” Muamba, now 17, told IRIN.
When IRIN met him at one of the “half-way houses” for former child soldiers in the town of Kiwanja in Rutshuru Territory, Muamba was enjoying his first month of “comfort” in a basic brick and mortar house after a decade of bush living.
“I am still angry with my uncle. Those 10 years feel like a waste of a life,” he said. “It was very difficult. There was no school. I had only completed two years of schooling [before being forced into child soldiering].”
The “half-way house” - which provides counselling, parental tracing services and tutoring in preparation for a return to school - is run by mother-of-nine Afiya Rehema*. Her own children are aged 7-19 and in the past nine years she has cared for more than 50 former child soldiers.
“At the moment there are children from Mai-Mai Nyatura, FDLR [Democratic Forces for the
Liberation of Rwanda] and PARECO [Alliance of Resistant Congolese Patriots] staying here. When they arrive some can be disrespectful, but they soon become like other children. There has never been any violence towards me,” she said. “Only one ever stole, and then left.”
“I do get some financial support [from local NGO Union pour la paix et la promotion des droits de l'enfant au Congo (UPDECO)]. But I do this as a parent. Maybe one of my kids will be taken by an army. And if that happens I hope another parent will be there to look after my child [if he/she escapes from an armed group].
Muamba spent his first few years as his uncle’s bodyguard before being enlisted into PARECO, which emerged in 2007 from a variety of diverse North Kivu communities, including Hunde, Hutu, Nande, Nyanga, and Tembo.
http://www.irinnews.org/report/99869/growing-up-in-war-the-drc-s-child-soldiers
“I stole my first gun, when I was 10. It was a flintlock. By the time I became a captain at 14, I had many guns. I led 50 people, both children and adults. There were about 30 children in the unit. The youngest was 10,” Muamba, now 17, told IRIN.
When IRIN met him at one of the “half-way houses” for former child soldiers in the town of Kiwanja in Rutshuru Territory, Muamba was enjoying his first month of “comfort” in a basic brick and mortar house after a decade of bush living.
“I am still angry with my uncle. Those 10 years feel like a waste of a life,” he said. “It was very difficult. There was no school. I had only completed two years of schooling [before being forced into child soldiering].”
The “half-way house” - which provides counselling, parental tracing services and tutoring in preparation for a return to school - is run by mother-of-nine Afiya Rehema*. Her own children are aged 7-19 and in the past nine years she has cared for more than 50 former child soldiers.
“At the moment there are children from Mai-Mai Nyatura, FDLR [Democratic Forces for the
Liberation of Rwanda] and PARECO [Alliance of Resistant Congolese Patriots] staying here. When they arrive some can be disrespectful, but they soon become like other children. There has never been any violence towards me,” she said. “Only one ever stole, and then left.”
“I do get some financial support [from local NGO Union pour la paix et la promotion des droits de l'enfant au Congo (UPDECO)]. But I do this as a parent. Maybe one of my kids will be taken by an army. And if that happens I hope another parent will be there to look after my child [if he/she escapes from an armed group].
Muamba spent his first few years as his uncle’s bodyguard before being enlisted into PARECO, which emerged in 2007 from a variety of diverse North Kivu communities, including Hunde, Hutu, Nande, Nyanga, and Tembo.
http://www.irinnews.org/report/99869/growing-up-in-war-the-drc-s-child-soldiers
Dienstag, 20. Mai 2014
UNICEF: 50.000 Kindern droht Hungertod
Das UN-Kinderhilfswerk UNICEF sieht rund 50.000 Kinder im Südsudan vom Hungertod bedroht. Schätzungsweise 9000 Minderjährige würden von den Konfliktparteien als Kindersoldaten missbraucht.
Der Südsudan hatte erst Mitte 2011 nach einem jahrzehntelangen Bürgerkrieg seine Unabhängigkeit vom Sudan erlangt. Das ostafrikanische Land versinkt seit fünf Monaten im Chaos und in ethnisch motivierter Gewalt. Auslöser war ein politischer Machtkampf zwischen Salva Kiir und seinem ehemaligen Stellvertreter Riek Machar. Beide gehören zwei unterschiedlichen Volksgruppen an, den Dinka und den Nuer.
http://www.dw.de/eine-konferenz-f%C3%BCr-f%C3%BCnf-millionen-s%C3%BCdsudanesen/a-17647249
Mittwoch, 14. Mai 2014
Jugend aktiv gegen Kindersoldaten - Aktion erfolgreich
Bestwig/Berlin. Zum Red-Hand-Day setzen ich jedes Jahr zahlreiche Menschen für die Abschaffung von Kindersoldaten ein. Auch in dem kleinen Ort Bestwig sind die Schülerinnen und Schüler des Berufskollegs dieses Jahr durch UNICEF auf die Problematik aufmerksam geworden und haben sich an einer Aktion des UNICEF-JuniorTeams Sauerland beteiligt. Ziel der Aktion war es einen roten Handabdruck auf eine Stoffbahn als Stimme/Unterschrift gegen den Einsatz von Kindersoldaten zu pressen. Mehr als 300 Schüler des Berufskollegs Bergkloster Bestwig beteiligten sich an der Aktion und stezten so ein Zeichen gegen den Einsatz von Kindern als Soldaten.
http://www.spiesser.de/node/738975
http://www.spiesser.de/node/738975
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