Suffer the Children in the Festive Season: Peace and social justice would be the best gifts for children in war zones and disadvantaged infants worldwide this Christmas.
20 December 2016
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Children’s rights to peaceful upbringings should matter to all of us.
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As we head towards Christmas and the New Year, children’s rights to peaceful upbringings in the UK and worldwide seem increasingly jeopardised as current news is dominated by children caught up in the world’s various vicissitudes.
As a matter of routine, our world exclusive editorial each December has always devoted itself to highlighting the plight of children in war zones. However, this Christmas, in addition to the aforementioned cause, The Bridge Magazine is sending a message of peace and social justice not only to children in war zones, but also to other disadvantaged infants in the UK and all the children worldwide.
According to UNICEF, 22,000 children die each day due to poverty, and they ‘die quietly in some of the poorest villages on earth, far removed from the scrutiny and the conscience of the world. Being meek and weak in life makes these dying multitudes even more invisible in death.’
By stark contrast, £473.83 is the average amount UK households expect to splash out on presents, £273.48 in France, and £344.09 in Germany, according to recent research by voucher company RetailMeNot.
A typical scenario in a high school playground in London could unfold as follows:
John Smith: I wish for an iPhone 7 this Christmas; I had an iPhone 5s last Christmas. What do you expect this Christmas Séraphine?
Séraphine Dubois: A whole roasted Turkey, since my parents’ divorce, we rely on food banks to eat and last Christmas we could hardly afford reduced turkey slices for a Christmas dinner. And you Kim what do wish?
Kimukutu Mabika: I just want the war to stop forever in Congo, my country of origin. My sister died age 2 due to the conflict…
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