ASM4P junior spokesperson Sarosha Hansraj, age 11, founded her own nonprofit organization, Children Care for Children, when she was eight years old. She’s raised over $8,000 to help kids in Afghanistan go to school. Sarosha shows what kids can do when they focus their energy towards helping other kids.
“I think in order to learn to respect each other, we have to focus on what we have in common. You don’t have to think very deep or far. You can just look above or beneath you. What do you see? You see the sky and earth. Do you think children in Cairo or children in China or Afghanistan see a different sky or an earth than us? Absolutely not — we share the same sky and the same earth. In a way, if you think about it, it makes all of us ONE BIG family. And I feel that the more we learn about each other, the more we will respect each other, and if we respect each other, there will be peace that will last forever.”
Gunnar Swanson, a young Iraq war veteran and program director of War Kids Relief, is going to march 1,000 miles from Dallas to Minnesota to raise funds for programs that help kids traumatically affected by war.
A Soldier’s March for Peace is a unique, interactive fundraising event that gives kids like you a chance to really make a difference in the lives of kids in war-torn countries. And by helping the kids realize new possibilities for their lives, you also help our troops in a really powerful way. (Read more about how here).
Leaving from Dallas on the 4th of July, Gunnar will stop at selected points along the route to connect with youth groups and conduct portions of War Kids Relief’s Young Ambassador curriculum. That’s a program that connects U.S. kids with kids in Iraq and Afghanistan and teaches peace-building and conflict resolution skills. Everyone who participates will have a chance to create art and letters that will be sent to their peers in Iraq and Afghanistan. The walk will finish in Northfield, Minnesota – where War Kids Relief is based.
Money raised from the walk will go to support War Kids Relief’s Young Ambassador curriculum development, as well as three other War Kids Relief projects. These projects will give Iraqi, Afghani and, yes, even American children traumatized by war the support and the training they need to realize new possibilities for their lives.
Learn how you can help support A Soldier’s March for Peace by designing your own creative projects here. You may be young, but you have the power to help Gunnar and change the world…one penny and one mile at a time.
Route and schedule (please note: route and schedule are subject to change)
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