For the second consecutive year, the United Nations Security Council debates how to protect 300,000 child soldiers and countless other young victims of armed conflicts around the world. The sheer magnitude of this problem is something new, is unprecedented, it is a worldwide trend, it has spread across the globe. Some 300,000 boys and girls, some as young as 7, are serving as regular soldiers, guerrilla fighters, porters, cooks, sexual slaves, and suicide commandos in most of the 50 countries marked by armed conflicts. We are talking about an abomination being committed against children. The simplicity and proliferation of lightweight automatic weapons has made it possible for very young children to bear and use arms.
Children are especially innocent and vulnerable.
They tend to suffer disproportionately from the excesses of war. They are the least equipped to cope and adjust. We live in a land of opportunity, a land of democracy, where a determined mind can accomplish anything. Inc. Contributions So far, help the Afghan Children, Inc., has been supported only by people of conscience like yourself. With the expansion of our activities to help save our children's future, we are desperately in search of sources of funds to be able to continue our much needed health and education programs in Afghanistan.