On our last class, we attended lecture about Syria problem taught by Ms.Keiko Tamura.
Before the lecture, I searched the cause and what is happening on Syria problem, so I understood some of the political side of this problem. But the lecture taught me that there is another side, Children problem. She described about Syrian children in detail that are hard to know by just watching ordinary news.
I think all children, especially younger children are sensitive to anything. From her lecture, she said that many children were killed or killed their family or friends at front of them. I think mental damage by such traumatic experience is can't be imagined. I felt relieved to know that her NGO helped many children and they are getting better. For example the girl named Noura, who was on the paper that we got on the lecture.
Interestingly, I learned about NGOs in other lecture too. At that lecture, I was taught that in US, NGOs are relatively famous. But in Japan, the popularity of NGOs are not so high. I think one thing we can do as developed country is, know about NGOs more and support them more.
It was great to hear lecture and information from a person who are working on the spot.
