The Declaration of the Rights of the Child . 2nd - Read the 8 descriptions below which describe how war affects innocent children. 3rd - Beside each description, check the rights of the child that are being violated. Tens of thousand of children around the world are being used to fight adult wars. Most are teenagers but many are younger than 10.
War causes communities to fall apart.
Families flee for safety, children are kidnapped as soldiers, many are sent to live with distant relatives and never see their family again. While moving from place to place, children often become undernourished and ill and are the first to die. To flee from one's home or to be separated from one's parents is to experience a deep loss. Some children will never know where they were from, or where their family members are. They lose their sense of identity.