Update: Children and War

A brief update on Our Fifth Concern. Children, as many of you surely know, often pay the brunt of war costs and can suffer dearly.

Here's some ways to serve Iraqi children:

1. Operation Iraqi Children (OIC): Co-founded by actor Gary Sinise, Operation Iraqi Children donates primarily school supplies to children in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. You can organize a School Supply Drive or simply Donate Funds today.

2. UNICEF: This well-known non-profit deals with the issue of orphaned and homeless children in Baghdad through reintegration, medical care, and disease prevention. For more information or to make a donation, click Here.

For more organizations that serve Iraqi children, read this blog and then click on the links that follow it.


Finally, thanks to a great suggestion by a reader, you may want to read the book War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning by noted New York Times columnist Chris Hedges. Click Here for more.