the devastation of aids in africa A driving force behind the recent U.N. Resolution 1261 (1999) unanimously adopted by the U.N. Security Council on August 25, is Olara Otunnu, Special Representative of the Secretary General on Armed Conflict to the United Nations. The resolutions which: condemns the targeting of children in situations of armed conflict including killing and maiming, sexual violence, abduction and forced displacement, recruitment and use of children in armed conflict in violation of …showed first 75 words of 431 total…

…showed last 75 words of 431 total…lifted were health care workers and and teachers for the children. Vision of Global Ministries has already placed some 58 "Missioners of Hope" in these areas. The majority of the "missioners" are native Africans, some of whom have lived through the very drama that the children they are to serve are experiencing. This familiarity, along with knowledge of language and culture, enables them to more readily serve these children and bring renewed hope to their lives.