Revelation 6:3-4 NCV When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!" Then another horse came out, a red one. Its rider was given power to take away peace (prosperity, rest) from the earth and to make people kill each other (butcher, slaughter, to maim violently, in streets), and he was given a big sword (assassins sword, terrorist, loud, mighty, sore afraid).
The United Nations says that over 1.4 million children have fled Nigeria and surrounding countries to try and escape Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram.
UNICEF says that 1.2 million Nigerian children have fled from the northern part of the country and around 265,000 children have fled border towns in Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
“It’s truly alarming to see that children and women continue to be killed, abducted and used to carry bombs,” said Manuel Fontaine, the UNICEF regional director for West and Central Africa.
UNICEF also reported on their efforts to help those children. The report stated:
- Over 315,000 children have been vaccinated against measles;
- More than 200,000 people have received access to safe water;
- Almost 65,000 displaced and refugee children have had access to education and are able to continue their learning thanks to the delivery of school materials;
- Nearly 72,000 displaced children have received counselling and psychosocial support;
- Almost 65,000 children under 5 have received treatment for severe acute malnutrition.
The U.N. officials also focused on Boko Haram’s targeting of women and girls in their terror assaults and kidnappings.
“Women and girls are involved in approximately three-quarters of the attacks,” she said. And children are “used, often without knowing, to carry bombs that were strapped to their bodies and detonated remotely in public places.”
