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“Out of life’s school of war: What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.”...* Article From: Foreign Policy Association

Millions of children are forced to grow-up in a conflict ridden nations, children from Afghanistan, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Iraq, Lebanon, Occupied Palestinian Territory/Israel, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda, to Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, the Philippines and Colombia, all faces the daily challenges, violence and destruction of war. The UN estimates that more than 2 million children have been killed in armed conflicts; another 6 million permanently disabled; and over 250,000 children are used as child soldiers.

One can only hope that the children of war who survive its tragedies, those who witness it’s horrors will in truth be stronger adults. However the sad reality is that many children of war, do not survive, as war puts children at an increased risk for disease, hunger, and displacement. In addition many more do not grow in positive strength from the trials and tribulations of a childhood of war, as war makes them more prone to acts of violence.

For more information on children in conflict, please see the UN Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary General for the office of Children in Armed Conflict.. Please also see my other posts on Children and War.