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University Daily Kansan / Monday, September 30, 1991
Candlelight vigil remembers children of world
By Jay Williams Special to the Kansan
Candles lighted by KU students last night served as a reminder of promise.
About 30 students gathered as part of the "Keeping the Promise Campaign," which is taking place in 47 countries this week. KU Students Against Hunter organized the gathering on the hill north of the Camarillo.
The students formed a circle to light candles and read the seven promises agreed to at the World Summit for Children in September 1990. World leaders from 71 nations, including
President George Bush, signed the agreement, said Annie Mack, president of KUStudents Against Hunger
Mak said the goal of the candlelight vigil was to raise awareness about the problems affecting the well-being of children throughout the world.
"We want to make people realize that there is something all of us can do." Mak said.
She told the audience their presence was the "first step in improving our world."
Before the vigil, three Lawrence residents spoke to the gathering about the problems facing children in
"We want to make people realize that there is something all of us can do."
Annie Mak
President of KU Students Against Hunger
Lawrence and Kansas. All three quoted statistics that illustrated the danger facing children today.
Gretchen Eick, a former Washing-
lonobystant now living in Lawrence,
said that more than 35,000 children
died every day in the world because of
poverty and hunger.
Eick also said that 73 million children would survive during a 10-year period if the goals of the World Summit for Children were met.
Lawrence Board of Education member Harriet Shaffer said that the Lawrence School District dealt with hungry children every day. About 6,400 of about 8,400 qualify for free or required-price school lunches in the district.
"For some of those children, lunch is the only meal of the day," Shafer said. State Rep. Sandy Praeger, R-Lawrence, said that early intervention in children's problems could save the state money but that the Legislature could not work alone.
Praeger said the Legislature could not solve children's problems by itself. "We need to enlist the help of the community." she said.
"We spend $20,000 a year per prison inmate, and we spend an average of $3,500 per student in the state of Kansas," she said.
Eick said that changes could be made for the better.
"It hasn't always been this way, and it doesn't have to be this way in the future," Eick said. "Keep the Promise is determined not to let us forget the children."
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