viernes, 18 de septiembre de 2015

Syrian refugees in Mafraq, Jordan
In this Sunday, July 19, 2015 file photo, Syrian refugee girl, Zubaida Faisal, 10, skips a rope while she and other children play near their tents at an informal tented settlement near the Syrian border on the outskirts of Mafraq, Jordan. (AP/Muhammed Muheisen)


It is widely known the Syrian refugees´ despairing situation these days. They are escaping from their homeland and looking for a decent place to live, a place where they can finally leave behind all the sorrow and pain caused by a senselessness war. Entire families travel thousand kilometres risking their lives trying to find a place to settle in. Not only a safe place and food they want; what they desperately need above all is peace. Peace, it seems so obvious for us but something so cherished for  them.

This image shows a refugee camp in Jordan where some tents were given to Syrian people who are waiting for a place to be safe in. This picture is the striking proof that these children -despite their despairing situation-they believe that everything is going to be alright. They show us that they are still kids no matter what. Playing is the only thing they can´t be deprived of.

  A profound shame is what invaded my eyes; shame on our mankind that can´t stop hurting and causing pain to the ones of their kind. Despite our intelligence for technological improvements, we are not able to put ourselves in the others´shoes. If only the powerful ones stopped the nonsense wars and used all that power for worthy causes, all these atrocities wouldn´t exist. These children show us that the show must go on" and we have to keep on going even though our situation is tough. Zubaida´s eyes are supplicating that we adults stop letting her- and every child on earth- down and start doing something right now.