Last week much of the world was paralyzed with the image of little Aylan, returned to the shore by the same sea where he lost his life with his sister and his mother, alone, without protection, a macabre reflection of the reality that they are living many other children like him.
But it is not only Aylan or the 13 million children who, like him, are suffering the blows of a war, - it is enough to put on makeup calling it conflict, it is a war -, there are many others, there are others photos that are not cover: millions of children throughout the world are in danger, due to wars, persecutions, famines, droughts or child trafficking.
UNICEF warns of the danger of child trafficking after the Nepal earthquake
Last April Nepal suffered an earthquake that left thousands of victims and a desolate country. In cases like these, misfortunes are always primed with the weakest. Nepal was already a "dangerous" country for children before even the earthquake, and not only in terms of child trafficking and abuse, but also of malnutrition and disease.
Therefore UNICEF's office in Kathmandu has warned of the risk of increased child trafficking after the earthquake.
According to the Head of Child Protection of UNICEF in Nepal, Virginia Pérez, in some districts up to 80% of schools have been destroyed and most basic infrastructure does not work.
At the moment no children have been found in refugee camps without the company of an adult, but UNICEF continues to work with local and border authorities to increase surveillance in this regard, since unfortunately, human trafficking and Illegal movements of children tend to increase after such a misfortune.
“The news that comes to us is not alarming in that sense but we have to be alert because we know that in all emergencies the risks are high,” said Virginia Pérez.
Fear of increased malnutrition
Another danger that Unicef alerts is that of child malnutrition and warns about the terrible food shortage that exists in the area.
Apart from what everyone knows is necessary: a roof, we must also solve the shortage of water and food.
According to UNICEF, more than one million children They still require help in Nepal.
Children who "give up" when they see the cameras of photographers
René Schulthoff is a red cross photographer who works in a refugee camp in Jordan, last December he was taking pictures when he came across a Syrian girl who, seeing the camera and confusing it with a gun, raised his hands in surrender.
Although this photo did come to the front page, it has not had such an impact and yet the message is just as terrible, because it shows a child scared to death, doing what he has seen doing so many times in his country. The child is in a refugee camp, it is assumed that safe from war and yet they still do not feel safe, the war has taken away the most precious thing they have, their innocence.
13 million Syrian children lack schools, drinking water or medical resources
The Syrian drama does not only affect those who leave, there are millions of Syrian children living in precarious situations, in neighborhoods between crossfire, without drinking water schools or any medical resource.
In Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Libya alone, some 9,000 schools have stopped serving as such. Most are destroyed or serve as a refuge for displaced civilians. And those that could be used, fear makes them empty of both students and teachers. What if that happened here in Europe?
645 child soldiers released from armed groups since May
Another of the many arms of this monster that is war, I do not dare to say if the most despicable, but of course it is among the first, the use of children as soldiers, the example of how far the moral turpitude of many and the hard work of others who day by day risk their lives to recover these children and return part of their stolen childhood.
Eight children are killed or maimed every day in Yemen
With the increase in hostilities that the country is suffering in recent months, UNICEF estimates that a large part of the country's children are in serious danger due to the interruption of health services, the increase in malnutrition rates, the closure of schools and a greater number of children recruited by fighting groups.
The report underlines that the conflict is being devastating for the lives of children now, but that will also have terrible consequences for your future.
Floods in Myanmar: more than 112,000 children affected
So far, floods in Myanmar have killed at least 88 people and affected more than 330,000, of which more than 112,000 are children.
The most urgent needs include access to safe and clean water and sanitation sources, emergency medical care and psychosocial support for children.
South Sudan and region: more than 2 million children in danger
Another country at war that is affecting more than millions of children, and it is estimated that at least one third of them suffer from malnutrition and an outbreak of cholera is affecting the civilian population.
27.5% of children are at risk of poverty in Spain
According to UNICEF, one in four children is at risk of poverty in our country. And it is not necessary that a country is at war or that it is from that place that we call "the third world", poverty and malnutrition end up being blinded with those who are weaker under the approval of an international system concerned with other things .
