Falling Whistles, which will receive the proceeds from the sale of Children No More, aims specifically to help war-affected children in the Congo, where as many as 30,000 children are serving as soldiers. (Estimates place the worldwide total around 300,000.)

This is unacceptable.

To learn more about child soldiers and the organizations working to help them, you can start with this short list of sources. A great deal more data is available.

Falling Whistles

Amnesty International

United Nations – Children in Armed Conflict

Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers

Council on Foreign Relations

Unicef – Children in Armed Conflict

War Child

Council on Foreign Relations

Invisible Children

Wikipedia entry on the military use of children

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