I'd be willing to make another donation to this cause exclusively. Thanks for your time. For example Save the Children has received support from the Dutch government for our relief efforts to assist affected families in Montenegro. In other times of crisis there is great coordination and exchange of information with respect to security and the conditions and needs of both refugees and those who are internally displaced. On the news, we've been hearing a lot about how the war is psychologically damaging to the children of Kosovo.
War changes a child s sense of values and meanings.
From flight to refuge to returning home, there is enormous diversity with respect to childrens' experience of displacement and conditions they face. Children witness violence, are compelled to participate in violence, and are victims of violence. When children are exposed to events beyond the normal boundaries of human experience, such as the violence common to war, stress reactions become apparent. Long term effects are likely to have their roots in loss of the child s close emotional relationships and the events surrounding that loss. By integrating a child development perspective into emergency response activities, childrens' varied needs will be addressed.