Falling Whistles - Wear Your Protest
What can we do? A question that needed to be asked, and demanded to be answered upon reading the journal entries of a man traveling through Congo.
“Each one had been abducted. Plucked from their homes, schools or farms. Each had been tied up and beaten. Each had been forced to kill.”
Falling Whistles, a campaign for peace in Congo, gives a small window into our world’s largest and deadliest war since WWII. Originally just a journal written about boys sent to the frontlines of war armed with only a whistle, readers forwarded it with the same kind of urgency in which it is written and demanded to know –What can we do?
The Falling Whistles campaign launched with a simple response – make their weapon your voice and be a whistleblower for peace in Congo. This must read story will have you asking the same question. Now there are answers.
Buy the whistle. Proceeds go to rehabilitate and advocate for war-affected children. Share their story and speak up for them.
Together, we’ll become the voice of a growing coalition for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Falling Whistle site is one that will hold your attention - the story it tells haunting. The significance of wearing a whistle around your neck is a symbol of non-violence, so wear it with pride.
SUPPORT FALLING WHISTLES, wear your protest and be a whistle blower for peace. 100% of the proceeds go to fund this effort.
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The Falling Whistles story reveals two urgent needs:
1. Children escaping the war region
2. Children forced to the frontlines of war.
The escaped children have few options for survival and are regularly pulled back into the cycle of war. Falling Whistles is developing partnerships with community leaders who are rehabilitating the children. To help the children forced to the frontlines of war, the war needs to end. Advocacy, support and voices from the West can help the efforts.
