War.
War is a word that creates such hostility and pain in one’s heart.
War destroys lives, destroys freedoms, and destroys hope.
But most people in the world just sit back and feel like if it does not directly relate to them that it is not their problem. Most people feel like they cannot do anything to help, so they stay in their bubble of a world and hope that nothing pops it.
What is really sad is most people do not even know when wars are going on in other countries. Most people for instance know about the War in Congo.
There have been two wars in Congo dealing with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Millions of people killed because of the conflicts. Children stolen and forced to fight. Famines and diseases spread. All because other nations see the Mineral Wealth in the soil. What many people see is “a great big pile of riches that some black people are inconveniently living on.” People may think that this does not relate to them but truthfully there is a train of blood that leads directly to us and our electronics.
People need to start taking a stand over this issue because it does lead to all of us. I personally already have, and that is through the new organization: Falling Whistles. Falling Whistles is an organization dedicated to helping the cause of peace in Congo. To save the children’s lives that are hurt and unfairly treated.
Falling Whistles is the representation of how the small children stolen to fight in the battles of the war who are too small to carry guns are armed with a whistle: A whistle to blow in front of the enemy and act as a shield for those with guns behind them. So their weapon is to become our voice. To go online and read the story and buy a whistle to help fight for peace and carry it around our neck near our hearts. So that people will ask about it and we can inform them of what it means to be a whistle blower for peace. That is the first step in the four step plan to find peace.
ONE: educate
TWO: disseminate
THREE: congregate
FOUR: advocate
These four steps will hopefully lead to the rehabilitating of the children in Congo. Help restore their lives to something close to peaceful.
Not only do we need to step up to the plate and support the cause to have children rehabilitated, but also need to petition the government to make them only buy conflict free electronics. Businesses have been doing well with no longer selling blood diamonds, so why can they not do the same with electronics made from the conflict minerals from Congo?
After going onto the site- http://www.fallingwhistles.com/tour/ - look up the Free World Reader and start the process of becoming educated in the war and the happenings with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Spread the word. Maybe with enough people our cause will reach the people in Congo and allow us to find peace at last within the hatred, the pain, the fear. Let us find hope. Let us find our VOICE.
