Nicole Hark is the Acting Senior Director for Asia & the Middle East for Lutheran World Relief, an international humanitarian organization that works with Lutherans and partners around the world to end poverty, injustice and human suffering.
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You, too, are my son: A mother’s reflection on the children of the Syrian civil war
"Children are victims of conflict in many ways – from the physical wounds as “collateral damage” to the psychological trauma that can follow them forever – they get caught up in events beyond their control, often with roots that predate their existence. It is one of the greatest injustices in our world, I think, that children suffer so much because of the actions of adults, and not only in wars. But in this war, I find it particularly troublesome. There are so few options for those families caught up in this conflict, something that was reinforced to me today by another haunting picture showing the fates of two Syrian children."