A Statement on Behalf of Children in Sierra
Leone
Courtesy of Matthais A. Sesay, Coordinator,
Defence for Children International, Freetown, Sierra Leone
"Many children have not only been kept far away from medical
care, class rooms and other vocational institutions, but allowed
to loose their childhood, lives and human dignitiesw at battle
fromts, whilst their commanders in most cases stay at the back.
I strongly request the many adults of this country who coordinated
the Small-Boy Units" for example to ask the children of this
nation for forgiveness on behalf of their dead, amputated brothers
and sisters.
As volunteers, we also seek to promote and implement the most
effective means of protecting children's rights from both preventive
and curative standpoints.
The children of Sierra Leone like many other children of the world
deserve PEACE, LOVE, CARE, PROTECTION, and above all EDUCATION
so as to be able to fight against the vices of senseless rebellions,
ignorance and human expliotation."*
Courtesy of Matthais A. Sesay
Coordinator,
Defence for Children International
Sierra Leone Section. (DCI-SL)
42 Siaka Stevens Street,
Freetown, Sierra Leone
FAX: +232-22-228733/ 224439
Phone: +232-22-228733/225886
Cel: +232-76-610332
email: dcisl@hotmail.com
OR seisayma@hotmail.com
*This quotation was delivered during a joint
ceremony organized by the Defenece for Children International
(DCI-Sierra Leone), I*EARN-Sierra Leoene and the World Peace Prayer
Society Sierra Leone Chapter (WPPS-SLC), makring the International
Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence.