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| Children want their families and friends, they want to go to school and they want to see peace - nothing more and nothing less! - Photo: K. Snozzi |
It has been possible to reunite 28 of the children with their families, and the rest of them are now being cared for at SOS Children's Village Nairobi. Other organisations are helping us to provide the children with material and, most importantly, psychological support.
James Wabara, Director of SOS Children's Village Nairobi, fears that more children will also be needing aid because the number of displaced people and refugees is constantly on the rise as the crisis continues.
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| The children on their way to the "Peace Corner" - Photo: A. Kiarie |
Last week, children that live at SOS Children's Village Nairobi went to Nairobi's "Freedom Square", accompanied by the refugee children, their SOS mothers and other staff members from the village. They took flowers to "Peace Corner" as a sign for peace and to show their solidarity with the many people who have in recent weeks become victims of the riots. "We want to give a voice to all the people that long for peace across our country," said James Wabara.
James Wabara calls, on behalf of the children, for people to do everything that is humanly possible to achieve peace: "Peace and unity is much more than just discussions. We need to stop talking of violence and start to live in peace." James thinks that it is SOS Children's Villages' duty to show that a respectful and loving environment forms the basis of people living together in peace. "There is no other way to do it. The children that we have taken in want nothing other than peace. Here and now. They want to go back to school and to live with their families."