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19 signatures so far! [view all signatures] Petitie gecreëerd door: samuel we would like to try and prevent child soldiers in northern Uganda. 19 hebben getekentd totnutoe - help ons om te komen bij 5,000.  We hebben 0.38% bereikt van ons doel. Laten we aan de gang blijven! Sign the petition! Details, Impact and Progress 'A child goes missing, abducted, in the United States. The police are notified and they issue what in America is referred to as an Amber Alert. Radio stations begin broadcasting descriptions, while TV stations flash pictures of both the abductor and abducted across the screen. Billboards along major roads flash pertinent information regarding the abduction. The police move out in force with helicopters and planes and the Army National Guard may even be engaged. Everything is put into operation to bring a child home to its family. At the same time, they go after the abductor to put him behind bars, so she or he cannot harm any other child. In another part of the world, on the other side of this globe, in the northern districts of Uganda, 30,000 children have been abducted in the past 18 years. Most every family in the Acholi and now Lango area has been affected. Many families have lost a child through abduction, or their village was attacked and destroyed, families burned out and/or killed, and harvests destroyed by an army of abducted children known as The Lord’s Resistance Army. The countryside is virtually empty and people have moved into safe villages that are supposed to be protected by the government, but that has often been in words but not in deed. At night the children of the north flee into towns to sleep, fearing that they might be abducted. They find safety in numbers in towns such as Gulu where even the local bishops and ministers have joined them as they seek safety from the Lord’s Resistance Army.' we want all children to have their freedom, and we think that the idea of child soldiers is WRONG! Note: This service is provided as a service to TakingITGlobal Members. This petition does not necessarily represent the views of TakingITGlobal as an organization. |
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