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    Home » Family » Save Syria’s Children

    Save Syria’s Children

    By Amy Treasure · Sep 5, 2015 · 19 Comments

    A few days ago I saw an image that hasn’t left my mind. Three year old Aylan Kurdi’s lifeless body washed ashore, drowned, after the overcrowded boat he was on with his family capsized. His older brother, five year old Galip Kurdi suffered the same fate as did the boys' mother.

    The boat the family had boarded was carrying them from war torn Syria bound for the Greek island of Kos. Sadly, their journey did not end in jubilation that they had fled to safety but has ended in a tragedy that has touched the hearts of many.

    Dead because they sought refuge, to escape from a life that we can not really comprehend. To seek a better life, a safe life.

    A life without fear.

    ''You have to understand that no one puts their children in a boat unless the water is safer than the land''-Warsan Shire

    When I saw the image it gave me the impetus I needed to do something and I know so many others had that feeling too. Together with hundreds of fellow bloggers we have come up with the following idea but readers, please, we need YOUR help. We need everyone to join us and unite to raise money and awareness.

    To join in is simple:

    On Saturday 5th September at 9am we will be launching a mass social media campaign on our Twitter, Instagram, Facebook pages, wherever we can share. We will change our profile pictures, and do a mass share of images at 9am Saturday 5th September for maximum impact. We hope that you: all our readers, members of the public, family and friends will be inspired to upload your images and share them across social media and of course donate to Save the Children’s Syria Crisis Appeal. This will be an ongoing campaign and we want it to go viral!
    The image will comprise of a black and white photograph of your child/children holding up a piece of paper with the words:
    'It could have been me' 
    OR
    'It could have been us' 
    with the hashtag
    #SaveSyriasChildren
    Then please donate £5 by texting the word SYRIA to 70008 The money will go straight to the Save the Children Syria Crisis Appeal.
    Save Syria’s Chidren charity appeal
    If you don't have children and you want to say 'It could have been my niece/nephew, my neighbour' whomever you want to say, it’s up to you.  If you don't want to use an image of your child you can say 'it could have been my family' of course it goes without saying no-one is excluded from joining in the mass social media campaign.
    • Take a picture of your child holding a sign with the message ‘It could have been me’ #SaveSyriasChildren
    • Upload it to as many social media sites as you can-we need this to go viral
    • Donate £5 by texting the word SYRIA to 70008

    What if this were you or I? It could so easily be happening to all of us too. These people are real: Someone’s mother, father, sister, brother...

    Someone’s child.

    It could have been any one of us.

    The children of Syria are facing one of the worst humanitarian crises that the world has ever seen. Children are dying on our doorstep and we must take action. Pledge your support today for those fleeing war and persecution.

    Please take a moment to watch our short video made from some of the images already taken by bloggers.
    Video credit to Alexandra at I’m Every Mum
    Thank you on behalf of the children of Syria x
    Text to donate Save the Children terms and conditions. 
    If you don’t want to donate via text message you can donate directly online at Save the Children Syria Crisis Appeal.
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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Katie @mummydaddyme

      September 05, 2015 at 7:59 am

      Beautiful words Amy and you are one in a million for setting all this up so quickly. xx

      Reply
    2. teacuptoria

      September 05, 2015 at 8:11 am

      Gorgeous post Amy and such a moving video, I feel so sad watching it. Well done to Alexandra. Thanks for all your hard work precious lady. xxxxxxxxxxx

      Reply
    3. Laura Bovington

      September 05, 2015 at 9:17 am

      Thank you for setting this up so quickly. Such beautiful words and a lovely campaign for a much deserving cause that really needs our help fast. #SaveSyriasChildren

      Reply
    4. Mummy Tries

      September 05, 2015 at 9:57 am

      Thanks so much for rallying the blogging community to come together for such a vital cause lovely lady. YOU ROCK xxx

      Reply
    5. Sara @ Handy Herbs

      September 05, 2015 at 10:35 am

      Fabulous post! What a great thing to do! I hope the campaign is successful. The video is particularly touching.

      Reply
    6. MEl

      September 06, 2015 at 12:37 am

      Just tweeted a link to your post, honey. Well done for initiating this mass bloggers' 'virtual get together' to raise more funds (and awareness...). x

      Reply
    7. John Adams

      September 06, 2015 at 8:16 am

      A superb campaign turned round at very impressive speed. You should feel very proud of your efforts Amy (...and all the others involved in organising this.(Sorry, I don't know all of them but do pass on my comments!).

      Reply
    8. You Baby Me Mummy

      September 06, 2015 at 8:10 pm

      I love you Mrs T xxxx

      Reply
      • Amy Treasure

        September 06, 2015 at 8:13 pm

        Love you more, thank you for everything xxxx

        Reply
    9. Mums do travel

      September 10, 2015 at 1:21 pm

      Amy, thank you so much for all of your hard work. You did a brilliant job with this and you really galvanised the rest of us into doing something to help.

      Reply
      • Amy Treasure

        September 16, 2015 at 10:43 am

        Thank you very much I really appreciate you saying that. So pleased you joined in x

        Reply
    10. Natalie Streets

      September 16, 2015 at 9:42 pm

      Sorry I haven't commented before now - still catching up after holidays. Thank you so much for working so hard on this campaign, I felt honoured to be a part of it. As I said before, seeing the video of Aylan has been permanently marked in my mind and I think it's great that you organised this and helped to raise so much money for the save the children's Syria campaign. Well done once again lovely xx

      Reply
      • Amy Treasure

        September 17, 2015 at 11:05 pm

        Oh gosh Nat, I can’t believe they showed the video where you were. That makes me so sad. I am so proud of everyone who took part and really grateful that you put so much effort in even though you were on holiday xx

        Reply

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