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Friends for War Child website online
 To celebrate this year’s annual concert, the special Friends for War Child website was recently launched in Holland. The site contains fantastic pictures and stories of the concerts in 2003 and 2004, as well as more information about this years line-up.
 Check out the Friends for War Child website
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SUM 41 "ROCKED" video trailer - Sneak Preview!
(WAR CHILD CA) 
Canadian rock band Sum 41 accompanied War Child Canada to the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo.The trip resulted in an emergency evacuation from the country by the UN! The documentary offers youth of the world a close up view of the effects this war has had, and continues to have, on the Congelese people.
Sneak preview of Sum 41 "Rocked" in the Congo documentary
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"The Girl with Pinhead Parents"
 War Child Canada receives a portion of the proceeds from an anti-racism children's picture book written by Karen Bliss and illustrated by Bonnie Fedrau.
The Girl With Pinhead Parents provides an important role in helping to establish independent thinking in young children. The Girl With Pinhead Parents takes unique, imagined characters and puts them in the position of determining what is right and what is wrong.
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KIDS FOR WAR CHILD 
(DUTCH LANGUAGE)
The new War Child Holland website specially for kids is now online. With loads of information about War Child, and about special events all around the country. The website also has pictures and materials to make your own War Child presentation at school. And lots more to come, like e-cards and games.
Check out Kids for War Child
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The Firefly Project
(WAR CHILD CA)
 A unique international dramatic production was performed for the first time ever in Vancouver in March 2005. The Firefly Project is a play written by youth from around the world to try and raise awareness about the effects of war on children, including pieces written by youth from Canada, Colombia, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Directed by Sumayya Kassamali and Krista Riley, the March 2005 performance at UBC was an overwhelmingly successful example of the power youth have to make a difference.
Read more about the Firefly Project
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War Child Holland starts new projects in Israel and Palestine
 War Child has started supporting two local organisations: the organisation Peace Child in Israel and the Palestinian CCRR in the occupied territories. Peace Child brings children of different backgrounds togther to teach coexistence using theater and the arts. For the CCRR War Child is supporting twe programs: the Young Negotiators Program (15/16 years old)) and the Young Leaders Program (17/18 years old).
Read more about the new projects in Israel & Palestine
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State of World’s children 2005
(UNICEF)
The latest yearly Unicef report was just released:
“As The State of the World’s Children 2005 makes clear, for nearly ONE BILLION children in the real world, childhood is starkly and brutally different from the ideal we all aspire to.
Poverty, conflict, and HIV/AIDS are among the most serious threats undercutting childhood across the globe. Individually and in concert, these threats are undermining the survival, well-being and future prospects of children – effectively denying them their childhood.
Read more about the State of the World's Children (Unicef website)
Download the report here (PDF, 6,37Mb)
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War Child Canada’s Tsunami Relief Appeal
 More than 150,000 people have been killed and a further 5 million have been made homeless by the Asian tsunami - one third of them children. In Sri Lanka, more than 45,000 people have died from the tsunami, a tragedy made even worse by that country's 20-year civil war.
 Read more about what War Child Canada is doing
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New English web site for War Child Holland
 War Child Holland have launched their new English language web site, so also international visitors can read more about their projects in more than ten different countries, to download a brochure, questions and answers about War Child, press releases, event news...and much much more.
 Check out the new web site
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Prizes in 2004 for War Child Holland
(WAR CHILD NL)
War Child Holland received the Paul Tensen prize from the Paul Tensen Foundation, a prestigious prize that each year is awarded to an organisation that has done its utmost to help underprivileged children.
 Marco Borsato, War Child Holland’s ambassador, received a royal decoration on 29 april as Officer in the Order of Oranje Nassau. He received this honor because of his musical contribution to Dutch society and for his continuing support for War Child Holland’s activities.
The Hélène de Montigny-prijs 2003 was awarded to Willemijn Verloop, executive director of War Child Holland since 1995, because she has given an considerable contribution to the global combat against the effects of war and violence, where children in war zones are always the most innocent and vulnerable victims.
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Nearly 120.000 children in Africa being used as child soldiers
 In the last three years in Africa around 120.000 children were forced to participate in fighting. This is the conclusion of a report from the International Coalition agains the Use of Child Soldiers. In countries like Uganda, Congo and Burundi tens of thousands of children are being used in the battle.
War Child links & information resources about child soldiers
 Click here!
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2005 Keep the Beat CD Now Available!
 The Keep the Beat single for 2005 is titled "Truth Anthem." Written by Hayden Neale of Jacksoul,and performed by Fefe Dobson, ‘Truth Anthem’ is featured on the MuchDance 2005 CD.
A portion of the proceeds from every CD sold will be donated to War Child Canada.
War Child Canada is extremely grateful to everyone involved in the production of this single.
More about KeepTheBeat at the War Child Canada website
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Keep the Beat
 The 2005/2006 Keep The Beat season is ready to rock: a War Child Canada music fundraiser. Keep The Beat events throughout Canada keep the music going non-stop through performances, dances, house parties, drumming circles, talent shows, competitions - there are no creative boundaries! .
Read more about this event
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People Building Peace
 21 September 2005 -On the international Day of Peace, War Child Holland organized a big event where thousands of the general public, celebrities, politicians, young graffiti artists and hundreds of refugee children, gathered to make a giant live Peace sign on the Dam Square in the centre of Amsterdam.
Read more and see the pictures of this event
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To the South Pole for War Child
(WAR CHILD NL)
Southpole - a journey by tractor
 Southpole is an initiative by Manon Ossevoort from Holland. She’s taking a long journey with her tractor. A journey through Europe, through the Balkan, and through Africa. And from South-Africa, the Cape of Good Hope, by boat to the South pole. On the South pole by tractor or on foot to the Pole itself. War Child will be following her progress during the journey. By now she has crossed through the Balkan and has reached Egypt!
 She will be performing her theatershow 'DOEN' (Do It!) in a few (post) conflict countries along the road. Southpole, is a journey, it is also a document. She has chosen War Child as the benificiary cause for her trip, because she not only wants to fulfill her own dreams, but also wants to make children in warzones to believe in their dreams. War Child will be following her progress during the journey Initiatives which deserve attention because they show faith, courage, endurance and love.
Southpole needs media, so she can be followed, so she won’t go alone. Southpole wants to inspire, wants to involveFor more information, please visit her website at www.tractortractor.org
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Friends for War Child concert 2005
(WAR CHILD NL)
 O n t h e 4 th of October 2005 the annual Friends for War Child concert will take place in Ahoy Stadium in Rotterdam.
Once again 10,000 new War Child Friends receive free tickets for this dazzling concert with the hottest of the dutch music scene The theme of this years concert is “Peacebulding”. Check out the new Friends for War Child concert website.
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Annual report War Child Holland 2004
 The new yearly report for War Child Holland is out now! Please download this nicely designed report, describing all the projects, the financials and the advances we have made in our psychosocial work for children in warzones.
Because of high costs for printing the report and to lower the use of paper, War Child Holland will not issue a printed Yearly Report any more. Therefore the Yearly Report will only be distributed in digital form (pdf).
 War Child Holand Annual Report 2004 (english) 2Mb
War Child Holand Annual Report 2004 (dutch)2Mb
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 New War Child Holland Brochure
Psychosocial support | The impact of war on children | Creative programs | The importance of playing | Examples of work | Quotes | Sharing games and experiences | Imagination enlarges flexibility |(PDF format)
Download the English brochure here
Download the French brochure here
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War Child Canada in the DRC - Photo Gallery
 It is estimated that over 3 million people have died in conflicts since 1998 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), making it the deadliest conflict since World War II.War Child Canada is rebuilding schools and education system and supporting at-risk youth including former child soldiers, returning refugees, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and girl mothers.
View the photo gallery on the War Child Canada website
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Rapper Ali B at Liberation Festivals for War Child
 On the 5th of May 2005 rappers Ali B, Brace, Yes-R and Ali B's band travelled around the country in a government helicopter performing on behalf of War Child at the yearly Liberation Festivals. The theme of this years festivals is 'Freedom should be shared'. During his performance Ali B raised attention for the new War Child campaign, and the fate of millions of children in warzones wordwide. The helicopter visited the cities Den Bosch, Vlissingen, Utrecht, Leeuwarden and Almere.
 At all fifteen festivals around the country War Child had stands where people could participate in the 'Peace of Mind Experience' by wearing headphones.
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The Humanitarian Crisis in Darfur
DOWNLOAD REPORT
UNICEF Child Alert Darfur Report dec 2005 - this report details the impact of conflict on children’s lives in the region. It reveals worsening conditions for the many who live outside the reach of humanitarian aid.
WHAT WAR CHILD IS DOING
 War Child is deeply concerned with the humanitarian crisis facing the Sudanese people in western Sudan, particularly children.
Darfur is the largest humanitarian disaster of this moment. The population is the victim of this gruesome conflict. more than 70.000 dead. More than 1.5 million people have been displaced from their homes in western Sudan as a result of a conflict between the Sudanese government and two rebel groups that broke out in February 2003.
War Child Holland is actively training aid workers who are bringing emergency aid to the region, to enable them to offer the children some relief in their terrible existence, to let them be a child for just a little while. At the same time, War Child Holland is continuing and expanding the projects in the Khartoum region.
Read about what War Child Holland is doing in Sudan
Dr. Hoskins of War Child Canada is assessing and gathering information, to report on the situation that US Secretary of State Colin Powell has branded ‘nothing less than a genocide’.
Read about what War Child Canada is doing in Sudan
For more information
For information on the developing crisis in Sudan, you could visit the following sites:
www.unsudanig.org
www.darfurinformation.com
www.reliefweb.int
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Warchild Exposition by War Child, NIOD, Unicef, Anne Frank Foundation and Committee 4&5 May
 This year it is sixty years ago that Holland was liberated. To commemorate this, the Dutch Institute for War Documentation (NIOD) has put together the 'National Exposition Warchild' together with the National Committee 4&5 May, Unicef, War Child Holland and the Anne Frank Foundation. The stories of war of twelve Dutch warchildren are told by means of film portraits, photo's, objects and documents. Central to the exposition are also the stories of two modern day warchildren from the projects of Unicef and War Child Holland. The exposition was officially opened on the 21st of March and will be travelling to cities throughout the country.
Check out the website of the National Exposition Warchild
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War Child Holland starts new project in Uganda
 For the last 18 years rebel leader Joseph Kony and his rebel army have been making life very unsafe for children in North Uganda, kidnapping small children, boys and girls, from their villages. Every night thousands of children “The Night Commuters” walk from their villages to the local towns, fleeing from the rebels and to find a safe hiding place for the night. The children of North Uganda live in constant fear. War Child Holland has therefore started a new project in this East African country.
Read more about the project in Uganda
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