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Strong drums, loud guitars and deep bases. On the 17th of October 2006, Ahoy stadium was filled with music. Nearly 10,000 Friends of War Child attended the annual Friends for War Child concert in a packed Ahoy stadium in Rotterdam.
With again a fantastic line-up, including artists like Ali B., Acda & de Munnik, Blof, Marco Borsato, Di-rect, Girls Wanna Have Fun and Peter Heerschop; the artists asked for awareness and support for the countless number of children who still live in the harsh circumstances of war and for the work of War Child. This year’s theme was the subject of Child Soldiers.
 View the photo gallery of the event >>
TV-broadcast
Everybody in the Netherlands who could not attend this fantastic evening or would like to see and hear it again, can tune into RTL4 on the 20th of December at 20.30 for an evening filling broadcast of the Friends for War Child 2006 concert. A special DVD will also be brought out of the concert.
People photographed during the concert
As in previous years, thousands of visitors were photographed by Clickshots. All these thousands of pictures of War Child Friends can now be viewed online. Was your picture taken by one of the Clickshots photographers?
See if you can find your picture in the photo galleries - click here.
 Theme Child Soldiers
Worldwide there are still around 300.000 being used as armed combatants by armed groups. As soldiers they are often forced to commit and undergo horrific crimes. Their lives are determined by fear and violence.
Because the extreme circumstances under which these children are forced to live, they can not develop their lives as normal children. War Child Holland helps ex-child soldiers to return to society in a number of war zones around the world, like Uganda, Sierra Leone and Colombia.
Jackie and Vincent’s stories
Especially for the concert Jackie en Vincent have come from North Uganda to the Netherlands. Vincent appreciates the work of War Child in Uganda so much that he wrote a special rap song. He performed this song for an enthusiastic crowd.
Listen to Vincent’s rap here (MP3)
Jackie is a project staff member of the War Child programmes in Uganda. here she helps children coping with their experiences of war and offers them a chance to a better future and personal deveklopment. Jacky knows what it feels like to become a victim of war as a child
As a fifteen year old girl Jackie was kidnapped by LRA rebels, together with 138 other girls from the Aboke girls school in Northern Uganda. A helpful nun was able to rescue 109 of these girls. But Jackie belonged to the group op 30 children who were forced to follow the rebels into the bush. Because Jackie is suffering from a kidney disease, her best friend Judith sacrificed herself to go with the rebels in her place. This signed Judith’s own death-sentence; she died in the bush. while being abducted by the rebels. Jackie spoke about her life’s experiences from the stage in Ahoy. The audience listened speechlessly to her story and gave her a long warm standing ovation.
War Child would like to thank:
ar Child would like to thank everybody who spent so much free time and effort to make this evening possible. From stadium security to the catering, from the light show to all the artists, bands, crews, and the ticket service, everything (!) was sponsored free of charge! It is because of this support from all these companies and individuals that War Child can work for the peaceful future for children of now, not only now but also in the future!
 We would very much like to thank the Dutch organisation NCDO who doubled a large part of the donations and contributions of our new War Child Friends at the Friends concert.
For more info about NCDO see: www.ncdo.nl.
 And of course we would specifically like to thank our main and largest sponsor in the Netherlands: Orange
Fourth in a row
 In 2006 War Child organised the Friends for War Child concert for the fourth time. There were 3 very succesful earlier editions. Read more about the concerts in /03 /04 /05 and /06, read stories and view pictures:
Visit the special Friends for War Child website
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