As I talked with our Latin America Director, José, about current and future projects one evening during my recent trip to Mexico, the phone rang, which wasn't uncommon for his bustling house. After he exchanged the usual pleasantries as is customary in Latin culture, I watched his countenance change and noticed a lump developing in his throat as he spoke. As he hung up the phone, he turned to me with tears welling up in his eyes and said, "A 26-year-old we pulled out of the drug trade a couple years ago just died." He paused in his grief for a moment and then added in choked words, "I'm so sick...so sick of burying kids," before he turned to walk out of the room.

MEXICOPROJECT AK-47November 26, 2010 Comments

Premiere Collectibles Gives Rescued Child Soldiers a Holiday Season!

Premiere Collectibles and their Christmas campaign is a perfect example of people who are making the cause of abolition personal to their own community. This is their part. This is their protest. This is their invitation to care.

THE ADVOCATE ALLIANCEPROJECT AK-47November 22, 2010 Comment

Aung San Suu Kyi: "I'm not free until the people are free."

“It’s no secret that those elections guaranteed the military junta continuous power. While Aung San Suu Kyi walked out of her house arrest, more than 2,200 were still sitting in Burma’s notorious prisons—imprisoned for their political views. While we sighed and let our shoulders down, feeling relieved that The Lady was free, tens of thousands of child soldiers carried weapons and burdens no child should have to carry. While we watched the news of a hero set free, hundreds of thousands were on the run—away from the brutal army.”

UPPER MEKONG REGIONMarcus YoungNovember 17, 2010 Comment

NEELY Joins the Abolition Movement.

The Project:AK-47 team has the amazing opportunity to partner with some of the most legendary people who care about abolition in our modern world. Jeremy and Kaci Neely are no exception. Based in Nashville, TN this talented husband and wife act known as NEELY have a love for music and a passion for justice. They've been traveling the country playing music from their hearts and rallying advocates around the cause of ending child soldiering.

THE ADVOCATE ALLIANCEPROJECT AK-47November 10, 2010 Comment