What would happen if the guns were silenced and violence suddenly stopped?
The devastation wrought by 19 months of war in Ukraine is unfathomable.
Millions of people have had to leave their homes, their jobs and their farms. Entire towns and villages have been razed, and miles upon miles of fertile land have been ravaged and mined. Innocent women and men are regularly killed or injured while shopping for food or collecting humanitarian aid.
I imagine a contagious smile if peace returns to Haiti.
Haitians are deeply attached to their families. With peace, those who are separated by the violence would gather together once again. They would courageously start rebuilding looted and destroyed homes. Everyone would work together.
With 4.35 million Haitians suffering from food insecurity, farmers in rural areas who had fled their land because of the gangs would return to their homesteads. They would enthusiastically cultivate everything that could be harvested, as quickly as possible. They would distribute their produce to the inhabitants of impoverished urban centres, such as Cité Soleil in the capital Port-au-Prince.
Peace in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo will allow people to return home. The Congolese deserve peace: the right to farm, for children to go safely to school and for mothers to earn an income without fear of violence.
The ongoing conflict in DRC’s east has wrenched 5.6 million people from their homes. This is a country exceptionally rich in natural resources and human potential, and critical to the world’s climate change goals and future energy transition. Yet despite this, many Congolese are being left behind – especially young people.
Source: wfp.org
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