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Children in Crossfire
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Children in Crossfire was founded in 1996 by Richard Moore. In 1972, as a 10-year-old child, Richard was blinded by a rubber bullet fired by a British soldier during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Amazingly from childhood to the present day, he has accepted the loss of his sight without any feelings of resentment. In describing his remarkable acceptance of what, for most, would be a debilitating trauma, he says “I learned to see life in a different way, I may have lost my sight, but I have my vision”. Children in Crossfire is driven by our vision for a compassionate world where every child can reach his or her potential. For us, this is not a dream but something we can really make tangible through our work. It is essential that as we work for change, we also nurture compassion as the underpinning core value that drives people to take actions for a better world for all children. If we lived in a compassionate world, then all the issues we seek to address would cease to exist. But, sadly we don’t! Yet we believe that the seed to build a compassionate world lies within in us all. Therefore, in all areas of our work, we seek to awaken, cultivate and nurture that seed for a better world. We believe that when everyone acts out of love and compassion for humanity, then Children will live in a world where global injustice no longer exists.
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1972
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