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Please kindly say a word of prayer concerning these little ones in the north eastern part of nigeria, these are meant to be the future leaders of our dear nation, but are being killed and wasted daily.

Pray that God almighty will come through for them, restore peace to the zone, and bring an end to all form of terrorism....

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Photos: Effects of Terrorist attacks on Nigerian children

Displacement

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Effect of Terrorism on the Nigerian Child

What is Terrorism?
Terrorism is a derivative of the word Terror, which means extreme fear.
According to the english dictionary, terrorism is the use of terror as a means of coercion. It means the Reign of Terror.
Who is a terrorist?
A terrorist is a person who uses terror as a weapon in polical struggle, i.e a person who uses violence and intimidation to try to achieve political aims. English Dictionary
Effects on the Nigerian Child

Beyond the widespread displacement, many children are killed or orphaned by these terrorist acts. Most children in the affected areas find themselves severely traumatized, while many are wounded or forced to live on the streets. Some of the attacks have been on schools in areas such as Gujba, Buni Yadi, and Potiskum. This has led to many schoolchildren being killed and most schools being destroyed or shut down. - See more at: http://www.globalfundforchildren.org/effects-of-boko-haram-on-nigerias-children/#sthash.0x0yAPed.dpuf

Beyond the widespread displacement, many children are killed or orphaned by these terrorist acts. Most children in the affected areas find themselves severely traumatized, while many are wounded or forced to live on the streets. Some of the attacks have been on schools in areas such as Gujba, Buni Yadi, and Potiskum. This has led to many schoolchildren being killed and most schools being destroyed or shut down. - See more at: http://www.globalfundforchildren.org/effects-of-boko-haram-on-nigerias-children/#sthash.0x0yAPed.dpuf

Beyond the widespread displacement, many children are killed or orphaned by these terrorist acts. Most children in the affected areas find themselves severely traumatized, while many are wounded or forced to live on the streets. Some of the attacks have been on schools in areas such as Gujba, Buni Yadi, and Potiskum. This has led to many schoolchildren being killed and most schools being destroyed or shut down. - See more at: http://www.globalfundforchildren.org/effects-of-boko-haram-on-nigerias-children/#sthash.0x0yAPed.dpuf

Aside the widespread of displacement, many children are killed, orphaned by the terrorist acts. Children in this areas live in perpetual fear, pain and agony, they are traumatized, some wounded and forced to live on the streets. Most schools in these areas have been burnt down, thereby causing these children to be forced out of school leading to high level of illiteracy,. Some of them are abducted and used as suicide bombers, child solders
Below are some highlights of the Effects of terrorism on the Nigerian child.

• Fear: This is an unpleasant emotion caused by the threat of danger, pain or harm. when a child is exposed to terrorism, he or she developes this unpleasant emotions, that makes him or her to be afraid.
• Pain: Pain is a strong physical discomfort. When a child is exposed to terrorism, it cause that child physical discomfort, mental suffering.
• Agony: This is a state of extreme suffering

• Hunger and Starvation: Children affected by terrorisim, go hungry, some have lost parents and adults to cater for them, they go around begging food, and in most cases they are not sure of how the next meal can be gotten, some visit the insinirators to pick up food reminants, that leads to poor health conditions. Children in this situation cant be talking about balanced diet.
• Low self esteem: Children who are victim of terrorism, loose their self esteem.
• Teenage Pregnancy: As a result of displaced and abduction by torrorist groups, some children become victims of rape and child molestation, this leads to teenage pregnancy, and contractions of some sexually transmitted infections.
• Sexually Transmitted Infections: Children are exposed to so many sexually transmitted infections, e.g HIV, syphilis, gonorrea,chancroid,genital warts and the likes.  

 

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FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (FGM)

Female genital mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures involving partial or total removal of the female external genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons as defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Types of FGM

Female genital mutilation is classified into four types:

Type I: Also known as clitoridectomy, this type consists of partial or total removal of the clitoris and/or its prepuce.

Type II: Also known as excision, the clitoris and labia minora are partially or totally removed, with or without excision of the labia majora.

Type III: The most severe form, it is also known as infibulation or pharaonic type. The procedure consists of narrowing the vaginal orifice with creation of a covering seal by cutting and appositioning the labia minora and/or labia majora, with or without removal of the clitoris. The appositioning of the wound edges consists of stitching or holding the cut areas together for a certain period of time (for example, girls’ legs are bound together), to create the covering seal. A small opening is left for urine and menstrual blood to escape. An infibulation must be opened either through penetrative sexual intercourse or surgery.

Type IV: This type consists of all other procedures to the genitalia of women for non-medical purposes, such as pricking, piercing, incising, scraping and cauterization.

Secret of Job,the greatest man in the East

Job 29:4-12
 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;

5 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;

6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;

7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!

8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.

9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:

12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

Child protection

What is Child Protection?

Child protection refers to actions that are aimed at providing an immediate response to circumstances in which rights of children are violated, subjecting them to serious risks and hazards.

 Children like adults have rights and deserve to be protected when abused; e.g Right to education,........,

 

Categories of children who needs protection includes, OVC, street children, child-headed house hold, children living with abusive family caregivers, child sex workers, children affected by arm conflict.

 

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Save a soul

A cup of rice means heaven to some persons, there are families who go to bed at night on empty stomach, while some throw their left over meals.

PROVERBS 19:17 HE THAT HATH PITY ON THE POOR LENDETH UNTO THE LORD;
 AND THAT WHICH HE HATH GIVEN WILL HE PAY HIM AGAIN

Monthly food outreach to widows

.   Deuteronomy 10:18   He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.  

Feed the hungry

Deuteronomy 10:18   He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. 

Deuteronomy 24:17   Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge: