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QUEST: War-Affected Children

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Two Steps Forward: Looking Back & Facing the Future

Sept. 9 + 10, 2005 on campus

It’s been 5 years since the International Conference on War-Affected Children in Winnipeg – the largest gathering ever of governments, experts, academics, NGOs & youth to discuss issues facing children affected by war. The goal? To move the international community from words to action.

Yet in the last decade alone, more than 2 million children have died as a result of war and some 15 million children have been displaced within their countries or made refugees.

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