This is part four of a series of posts to support 30 Days of Advocacy Against Witch-hunts, a campaign of South African Pagan Rights and supported by the South African Pagan Council, Pagan Federation International, Pagan Federation England and Wales, Correllian Nativist Tradition (U.S.A. & S.A.), Circle Sanctuary (U.S.A.) and Touchstone Advocacy. Read my past posts, with more ways to help, here.
The Child Rights and Rehabilitation Network began in 2003. A group of young volunteers who came together to care for children accused of being witches and wizards in Nigeria. By 2006 CRARN was caring for 30 children, many of the with serious injuries and illnesses. Today around 200 children get services via CRARN including “security, safety, healthcare, nutrition, counseling, education and skills training.”
Check out this video where a Nigerian motorcycle club comes to visit the children:
Learn how you can donate to CRARN.
Read about how the group has had to defend itself against it’s own government.
Other ways to help:
- Read about PACT and find out how to help the children of Nigeria, especially those tortured and abandoned because of accusations of witchcraft.
- Read about Stepping Stones Nigeria and how they work to help the children of Nigeria.
- Donate to my fundraising page benefitting Stepping Stones Nigeria. Let’s help show the support of the Pagan community!
- Copy and email the International Letter of Protest.
- Follow Touchstone Advocacy on Twitter and retweet their posts throughout the 30 Days of Advocacy.
- Light a candle every day in support of those accused of witchcraft.
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