Children: Symbol of peace and humanity
Childhood is considered the best and most unforgettable part of life. The time when one feels like one owns the world. A child is the happiest and purest soul that offers love and peace to the world. In other words, hope and peace exist just because of children.
Everyone in this world has certain rights over one another, and so do children. Child rights have been defined in the laws of every country. Some organizations protect children’s rights, like UNICEF, Save the Children. These organizations are responsible for the protection of children and ensure that their rights, like the right to freedom, food, protection, and education, are fulfilled across the globe. These organizations launch many campaigns for spreading awareness every year in underdeveloped regions, also in the educational sector, providing opportunities for students like scholarships, internships, grants, and aid for deserving students are the prime activities, done by these organizations.
War: a never-ending dispute
is the major reason behind a nation’s destruction. Specifically for children, it is the root cause of trauma in children. Wars in regions like Gaza, Syria, and Sudan, where the children are suffering from mental traumas, and are seeking refuge in the refugee camps provided by UNICEF and other organizations, what is the fault of those children? Do they deserve that kinda life?
Stories from war zones:
Nimer Saddy Al- Nimer: Gaza
A child named Nimer Saddy Al- Nimer, who was just 12 years old. He was in search of food for his family and himself, and was shot mercilessly by the Israeli military. Surrounded by violence, he survived each day with nothing but a fading hope for peace and happiness.
Mohammed: Syria
Mohammed is six years old. He was born in Syria and sought refuge in Turkey. He had broken dreams in his eyes as he left Syria without his father because his father was shot by shrapnel in the head, and he couldn’t come with Mohammed to Turkey. He is a child of conflict and war, his way of thinking and reflexes are now quite different from his age fellows. He says:
“I am happy, because there aren’t any airplanes here.”
War of thoughts
If I reflect deeply, I see how a child in refugee camps raised in war perceives the world. He sees how cruel humans can be. More than anything else, he values peace. He doesn’t care who possesses how many weapons; in fact, he grows to hate weapons. He wishes he could erase them from the world, but he feels helpless. The children who survive war don’t just survive bullets, they have to fight battles inside their minds, confront their fears, and struggle with their thoughts. And fighting oneself is the hardest battle of all. That fear remains somewhere in their personality forever.
What could you expect from a child whose upbringing is in war zones? Watching his loved ones, struggling hard to survive for another hour, another day.
Struggles in war-hit communities
Beyond all this, the pain of watching your loved ones suffer. When a child sees their parents cry, it leaves a deep scar on their mind. Then there’s the struggle for food and water. Once normal things suddenly become luxuries. That child had never imagined what it would feel like to go without a meal. Every day in the refugee camp, he watches his parents leave and return exhausted. He fears hunger. But the world, the powerful countries, show no mercy to these children. Just like Israel bombed those very refugee camps, killing a huge number of children in that brutal assault.”
Orphan Children who survived the war are in the worst state, they lost their parents, siblings. They had dreams of living a peaceful life with their parents and family, but the cruel world destroyed everything, leaving them behind with traumas and incomplete wishes, like
“We hope that one day we can open our books again, write in our notebooks and study, that we can go outside and play with friends.”
No matter where a child is born, whether in the East or the West, in a developing country or a developed on, he deserves protection. He deserves respect. Every child has the right to feel safe and happy with their family, without fear of hunger or war. His educational, emotional, and mental rights must be fulfilled.
A child deserves peace. And organizations like UNICEF and others must step forward, not silently, but fearlessly, to protect children’s rights. No matter how powerful the countries involved in war may be, there is no power greater than protecting peace. Children are not the cause of war, but they always suffer the most. It is time the world stood for them, equally and firmly.
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