Protect children from violence

Child holding poster in Uganda.

Every day children in Uganda are affected by conflict, suffer from violence, neglect, abuse and exploitation at home, in schools, in institutions, in the community.

Ugandan children have gone through different challenges e.g. children in northern Ugandan have seen the worst violence because they have witnessed violence themselves such as forcing young boys to join the army at an early age which traumatizes them emotionally, young girls are being raped and become mothers at an early age and they cannot to take care of their babies and in the process of raping them some men are affected with HIV which becomes more worse to the young girls and to babies which are being born  and without  freedom  from  violence  sustainable development cannot be fully achieved.

More to that our children are the future  of our country so  if we really  don’t  protect them from  violence them we are in trouble that is  peace, security and  conflict prevention  should be included in the post 2015  development agenda so that  our  voices can be heard about what we want for our children to have so that after that the next  goals which are the  sustainable development goals  peace, security and conflict prevention is included. Without peace there is no freedom.  

written by: Kemishana Sharon