Right now, when people make a donation of $10, they receive dog tags with a child's name, age, and country imprinted on them. As I have packaged these orders, I have been reading the dog tags. Some of these boys and girls are as young as six years old. I think of my little first graders. I can't even imagine.
Here is one story out of the many: Neso's story
If you are not at all aware of what goes on in places like Burma, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, check out this website: http://www.projectak47.com/ . When you realize the gravity of what is really going on, your life will never really be the same.
"WEAR THEIR REALITY." Project: AK-47's dog tags for child soldier advocacy from PROJECT: AK-47 on Vimeo.
2 comments:
Wow, April. I'd love to hear more about this project.
xx
Rebekka
Hey, Rebekka! Yeah, it's been really great to learn more about them. You can check out their website at http://www.projectak47.com/ . Also, they're having an event this Friday night. Here's the link to that: http://projectak47blog.com/2010/10/06/save-the-date-rock-your-tags/ I'll be going if you want to join me. :)
~April~
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