Thank you, Ram Hari Rijal and Naresh Newar for your articles on children caught up in conflict (Children in the frontline, Why the children?, #121). Your reports are poignant reminders to us of the senselessness of the violence, and the serious implication this culture of killing and maiming has on the physical and psychological health of Nepali children. It should be clear to both sides in this conflict that to seek a military solution is madness. It will only mean that there will be more victims like Rabina and Rabin in the days ahead. Let me urge your readers to make a gesture of support for peace, as I have done, by providing help for the care of the two children who were so tragically separated from their mother.

Katrina Johanson,
by email