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Statement by Doctor Zilda Arns Neumann, national founder
and coordinator of the Pastoral of the Child
"To
have peace in the families, in the communities, in the
world, it is necessary to invest heavily in projects
for human promotion, health and education. It is needed
to ensure access to food, to invest in farming, environmental
sanitation and to fight unemployment.
It
urges to review the huge bleeding resulting from the
external debt of the third world countries. It is a
true terror that silently haunts millions of children
and whole families, the victims of social differences
among nations and social ranks in many countries. It
would be much better and economically cleverer if the
external debt was invested in social projects intended
to promote social inclusion. Exclusion and unfair opportunities
generate violence, drug traffic and wars.
The
world shall never be in peace while there is hunger
and social exclusion, while we cultivate a culture that
stimulates violence, intolerance, hate, competition,
and the idea of a nation's or race's superiority. Everyone
shall be aware that education for the peace demands
investment and generates much better results than wars,
which only destroys and bear hate.
Children
are the seed for peace or violence in the future, depending
on how they are cared and stimulated. Thus, their family
and community environment shall be seen as the greatest
seeder for the construction of a fairer and more fraternal
world, a world to serve life and hope."
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