Avril Lavigne

Avril Lavigne is involved with MANY charities, and one she obviously supports a lot is War Child Canada.

Check out this Avril video of her singing "Knockin on Heaven's Door" (from the 'War Child' CD) which shows kids in Iraq through the video (the little boy with the blue backpack and glasses is a real cutie!)....

[You might want to press 'play' on this video and let it load while you read the rest of this post - if you have a slow connection, just press the 'pause' button after it plays for a second so it doesn't stop-and-start all the time. Then you can play it all at once when the entire video loads for you]



[ If you don't see a video box above, then click here to go to the YouTube video page ]

This past Christmas i also got a War Child shirt after seeing that Avril Lavigne has worn one on many occasions, including right on the War Child website - She actually has the tank top on in the pic while I got the t-shirt for Christmas -->

War Child helps children from other countries that have been victims of war, and their website says:

War Child International is a network of independent organisations, working across the world to help children affected by war. War Child was founded upon a fundamental goal: to advance the cause of peace through investing hope in the lives of children caught up in the horrors of war.

War Child keeps fighting for children long after the war has finished, trying to ensure that children who have witnessed what should never be seen - murder, violence, rape - have all they need to begin the long process of rebuilding their lives.

And the video and the 'War Child: Hope' CD are both about helping children specifically in Iraq.

To get an idea and just ONE story about how children are being affected by the war and terrorism in Iraq, you can read this reporter's blog entry about some terrorists who blew up a car bomb near some Iraqi children who were talking with US soldiers...

WARNING: the story and picture of the injured little girl is very sad and may be too sad for some readers so don't click on the story if you're not sure you want to read it (but it will give you a very good idea what kids there have to face everyday)...
http://www.michaelyon-online.com/wp/little-girl.htm


If you want more information about War Child's work in Iraq, their site says:

War Child Canada is working with their local partner, Muslim Hands, to rehabilitate local public schools, improve educational resources and infrastructure to support the education and healthy emotional development of approximately 2,000-3,000 children. The project will also focus on capacity building professionals and women to better equip them to care for children both physically and psychologically.

Working with its local partner, Al Amal, War Child Canada is providing training in peace-building, conflict resolution and youth engagement. By establishing a resource and training centre in Baghdad, youth, especially girls, will be connected through War Child Canada’s existing and innovative No War Zone website to a community of youth around the world working together for peace, human rights and understanding.

The primary focus of this war Child Supported project is to provide the opportunity for children, youth, women and other vulnerable community members to recover and rebuild from the trauma of war, violence and poverty.

Click here to read the entire page about War Child Canada in Iraq

If you would like to order something from War Child to help their work with children in Iraq (and all over the world) here's the page showing where to get Tshirts and other stuff:

Click here for the War Child Merchandise Page

..and I know Avril fans from all over the world visit and read my Avril blog (Thanks, btw!) so I emailed War Child Canada to make sure they deliver to anywhere, not just Canada or North America, and they wrote back:

As for people who want to order them outside of Canada and the US, we do offer different shipping and payment methods online. All the information is on the site if you click on ‘buy now’. So in answer to your question, yes, all your readers should be able to buy a T-shirt."

So if you get an allowance (or have a birthday coming up!) think about getting something from their website to help all the kids affected by war.

...I don't know for SURE, but I think it would make Avril happy if you did too. :) Original Post written: Friday, March 31, 2006