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...children have the resilience to outlive their sufferings, if given a chance.

...children have the resilience to outlive their sufferings, if given a chance.

Ishmael Beah
Children, Resilience, Suffering
Ishmael Beah (2007). “A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier”, p.4, Macmillan

Whenever I speak at the United Nations, UNICEF or elsewhere to raise awareness of the continual and rampant recruitment of children in wars around the world, I come to realize that I still do not fully understand how I could have possibly survived the civil war in my country, Sierra Leone.

Ishmael Beah
Country, Children, War

For many observers, a child who has known nothing but war, a child for whom the Kalashnikov is the only way to make a living and for whom the bush is the most welcoming community, is a child lost forever for peace and development. I contest this view. For the sake of these children, it is essential to prove that another life is possible.

Ishmael Beah
Children, War, Views
"Memoirs of a Boy Soldier author takes on UN role". www.theguardian.com. November 22, 2007.

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