The campaign by Kinderfreunde OÖ “The weapon is not a toy” has now become sadly topical due to the war in the Ukraine. The chairman of Kinderfreunde Oberösterreich, Roland Schwandner, explains that the organization has been dealing with the subject for a long time: “We found posters against war toys from the 1960s. We have a long tradition of peace education.” Whenever we became aware of wars, the Kinderfreunde Oberösterreich made a new attempt to clear households in the state of war toys. “It’s important to talk to the girls and boys about the subject. They should voluntarily part with these toys,” says Schwandner.
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Also against “shooting games”
Incidentally, this does not only mean plastic weapons, but also computer games in which violence plays a role. “Parents have a responsibility not to buy their children such games or allow them to spend their pocket money on them,” says the father of two. The declared goal is for as many people as possible to join the campaign – preferably from all political backgrounds. Awareness against the war is to be raised in various ways:
A container For the disposal of toy guns, the city of Linz will set up a place on the main square from April 6th. “We hope that many communities will join,” says Schwandner.
An online information evening on March 23 at 7 p.m. to help parents and teachers declare war on children. At a similar event not everyone who was interested could attend. This time there are 600 places. Questions and answers will be provided by Kathrin Stainer-Hämmerle (political scientist), Andrea Wurz (resilience and communication trainer), Ines Campuzano (psychologist at “Rat auf Draht”) and Daniela Gruber-Pruner (national director of Kinderfreunde). Info below www.kinderfreunde.cc
training courses Kinderfreunde Oberösterreich also offer this for their 800 employees.
A movie about war for children gives up www.kinderfreunde.at
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