Children are not Collateral Damage

All around the world children carry on dying, not just from disease or malnutrition or more normal causes, but also from war.
Somali children
And it seems like too many people simply don't care, don't pay attention, don't look, don't listen, because it's not THEIR children dying, so why should they care?

Children shouldn't be collateral damage, innocent victims, accidental casualties. They shouldn't be afraid to sleep or play because of the things going on around them, because of the things they have seen. children should be more than another statistic nameless faceless on a chart. They have a right to sleep and play, a chance to be able to go to school, they deserve a safe place to do those things just like they have a right to air to breathe and food to eat. children should be able to sleep, eat, go to school and play, they deserve a childhood.

We expect no less for our children, why should they be any different?