And we are standing by watching, these kids are young, they need care and kindness, not the pain and heartbreak of a war ¨Children do not have many options in Somalia. After the government collapsed in 1991, an entire generation was let loose on the streets. Most children have never been in a classroom or played in a park. Their growth has been stunted by conflict-induced famines, their psyches damaged by all the killings they have witnessed. "What do I enjoy?" Awil asks. "I enjoy the gun."¨In their lives, children do not have many options, they are soldiers, they have no learning other than how to shoot and survive, they are small and starving, and they have no enjoyment. When asked what they like, they say they like the gun. This is despicable, these kids are going through things even adults break under, and worse they are using them like they are expendable,¨ What's more, children are often considered the
And we are standing by watching, these kids are young, they need care and kindness, not the pain and heartbreak of a war ¨Children do not have many options in Somalia. After the government collapsed in 1991, an entire generation was let loose on the streets. Most children have never been in a classroom or played in a park. Their growth has been stunted by conflict-induced famines, their psyches damaged by all the killings they have witnessed. "What do I enjoy?" Awil asks. "I enjoy the gun."¨In their lives, children do not have many options, they are soldiers, they have no learning other than how to shoot and survive, they are small and starving, and they have no enjoyment. When asked what they like, they say they like the gun. This is despicable, these kids are going through things even adults break under, and worse they are using them like they are expendable,¨ What's more, children are often considered the