Famine Challenge Series--Shelter

The next famine challenge that i would like to share is about shelther.

"Every child should have a safe home and protection"
Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 16, 24

IRAQ--Hadi, 12, and his family of six have been living as refugees or the last 3 and a half years. They were forced to flee the country when militants threatened to kill their father.

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2 million Iraqis have fled their country and are scattered across the Middle East. In many cases, they are stuck - unable to go back, and unable yo settle where they are now.

Many of them are children.

Children who have experienced severe violence and trauma - they have lost not just their homes, but family members and a sense of security.
Missing Home:

1. The United Nations estimates that there are 100 million homeless people in the world. That's roughly 4 times the population of Malaysia.
2. When natural disasters strike poor communities, they end up staying in tents for months, maybe even in years, because they do not own the land their houses were on.
3. War forces millions from their homes, and many will never return.

photos are adopted from World Vision Website
Information adopted from : The 10th Anniversary 30-hour Famine Camper's Handbook

postscript:
I still remember that during the 30hr famine camp, there was a video on the children saying thank you to all of the sponsors. There was one sentence spoke by the child: "We are not the future, we are also the present." We always think that children are our future, but we never think from their point of view. What they want is treating them as equal as others, not treating differently just because they are still young, have no rights to speak or express their feeling.

And at the time they appreciating us for helping, suddenly i feel like want to cry. This is because what I have done is too little to get their appreciation, and I can really feel their sincererity. They really appreciate us in deep of thier heart. And i promise to myself, I should do more in future, or should I start now in order to help more of them. They really need our help.