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Whether in war-torn Ukraine, Laos or Spain, kids have felt compelled to pick up crayons and put their experiences to paper

  • Written by Paul Morrow, Human Rights Fellow, University of Dayton
imageIn 1970, a 16-year-old Laotian boy drew a picture of his school being bombed. 'Many people' died, he wrote, 'But I didn't know who because I wasn't courageous enough to look.'Legacies of War, CC BY-SA

“They still draw pictures!”

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