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OPINION: Give Peace a Chance – Run with Youth
By Ettie Higgins
Ettie Higgins is UNICEF’s deputy representative in South Sudan.
JUBA, Dec 15 2014 (IPS) - Rambang “Raymond” Tot Deng was 18 and attending his final year of
school when fighting erupted in South Sudan’s capital Juba, one year ago. In the ensuing violence,
as Raymond’s schoolbooks burned, thousands of South Sudanese were killed, including two of his
cousins.
Many fled to U.N. bases for protection or to neighbouring countries. “I saw children killed and women
killed and everybody was crying,” Raymond recalls.
“Let all youth in the world facing the same thing we are, know that forgiveness is the first priority.
Give us the tools, and we will create peace.” -- Rambang “Raymond” Tot Deng
It was never meant to be this way. The bells of celebration that rang around South Sudan just two
years ago are today emergency sirens. And while South Sudan is a crisis for children and of young
people, sparse global attention has been paid to them. This must change.
etcetera …..
Displaced in South Sudan, Raymond, 18, shares his hopes for peace | UNICEF :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Kt-xdaicPVk
uit :
http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/12/opinion-give-peace-a-chance-run-with-youth/
By Ettie Higgins
Ettie Higgins is UNICEF’s deputy representative in South Sudan.
JUBA, Dec 15 2014 (IPS) - Rambang “Raymond” Tot Deng was 18 and attending his final year of
school when fighting erupted in South Sudan’s capital Juba, one year ago. In the ensuing violence,
as Raymond’s schoolbooks burned, thousands of South Sudanese were killed, including two of his
cousins.
Many fled to U.N. bases for protection or to neighbouring countries. “I saw children killed and women
killed and everybody was crying,” Raymond recalls.
“Let all youth in the world facing the same thing we are, know that forgiveness is the first priority.
Give us the tools, and we will create peace.” -- Rambang “Raymond” Tot Deng
It was never meant to be this way. The bells of celebration that rang around South Sudan just two
years ago are today emergency sirens. And while South Sudan is a crisis for children and of young
people, sparse global attention has been paid to them. This must change.
etcetera …..
Displaced in South Sudan, Raymond, 18, shares his hopes for peace | UNICEF :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Kt-xdaicPVk
uit :
http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/12/opinion-give-peace-a-chance-run-with-youth/
