The 1st June 2010 marks my long awaited dream walk against from Preoria to Johannesburg against the use of child soldiers. I’m confident and ready to lift a flag against such a terrible act against human kind. It is so painful and very sad to find yourself in an act you do not understand; an act which you have nothing to do with.
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The march/walk against the use of child soldiers around the world begin at 216 Vermeulen street outside Pretoria news building at 04h30; and we will be ready to reach their destination being 47 Sauer Street, Johannesburg at least by 17h30.
The aim of this event is to raise an awareness about the plight of child soldiers around the world: to honour those fallen heroes/heroines (child soldiers) who were involved in wars: to call upon the governments to support and prioritise children who are currently living in poverty; and to invest more in fighting against climate change rather than supporting wars.
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According to the UN’s Child Soldiers briefing of November 2009, “there remain 14 countries in which recruitment takes place. An estimated total of 250 000 children are in military service, including a significant proportion of girls.”
Money raised on this march will be allocated to two organisations relevant to what the march is aimed to achieve, being; the Benjamin Dube Children’s Foundation (www.benjamindube.net or www.benjamindubefoundation.blogspot.com) and Food & Trees for Africa “FTFA” (www.trees.co.za or www.foodtrees.blogspot.com). The march will be joined by South Africa’s gospel icon Pastor Benjamin Dube and FTFA’s founder Jeunesse Park. More than 26 staff members from FTFA will join the march in solidarity with me, and more than 50 people on facebook confirmed their partcipation.
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