USA / WORLDWIDE > from Disability Rights International - Unlock the Cage - The most vulnerable need your help this holiday season While channel surfing late into the evening, I came across a commercial asking viewers to help rescue abandoned and abused dogs and cats. Singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan made a passionate plea while her haunting ballad In the Arms of the Angels played in the background. With sad animals in cages staring into the camera, Sarah begged viewers to make a monthly donation. They deserve love and a home. They have been neglected and abused. According to the New York Times, the gut-wrenching piece raised a record-breaking $30 million for dogs and cats. I remember thinking, I have seen abandoned and abused children in orphanages, state institutions and social care homes all over the world. Ive seen children in cages in dozens of countries, children with no homes, children tied to beds and cribs for years. Children tortured and left to die. Dont children with disabilities around the world deserve as much attention and support? Will you help us help them? Just last month, children with disabilities in Greece were found locked in cages 24/7 at a government run institution. According to a nurse at the facility - which mainly houses children with autism and developmental disabilities - the children liked the cages rather than being permanently tied by their arms and legs to their beds. These are the horrendous human rights abuses perpetrated against children that we are fighting to abolish. And that is why we have launched our Worldwide Campaign to End the Institutionalization of Children. Placement in institutions is often a death sentence for children. If they survive childhood, they face a lifetime of isolation, loneliness and abuse.... MORE + LINKS > campaign.r20.constantcontact/render?ca=4106860f-2901-4bea-92c0-8a0fb9cc0448&c=598dd1c0-36d4-11e3-a2c5-d4ae5292c47d&ch=5a525a40-36d4-11e3-a30d-d4ae5292c47d
Posted on: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 12:05:53 +0000
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