Sarosha Hansraj, ASMP4 Junior spokesperson and founder of Children Care for Children

ASM4P junior spokesperson Sarosha Hansraj, age 11, founded her own nonprofit organization, Children Care for Children, when she was eight years old. She’s raised over $8,000 to help kids in Afghanistan go to school. Sarosha shows what kids can do when they focus their energy towards helping other kids.

“I think in order to learn to respect each other, we have to focus on what we have in common. You don’t have to think very deep or far. You can just look above or beneath you. What do you see? You see the sky and earth. Do you think children in Cairo or children in China or Afghanistan see a different sky or an earth than us? Absolutely not — we share the same sky and the same earth. In a way, if you think about it, it makes all of us ONE BIG family. And I feel that the more we learn about each other, the more we will respect each other, and if we respect each other, there will be peace that will last forever.”

ASMP4 is about a Soldier’s March for Peace, a unique, interactive fundraising event that gives kids a chance to really make a difference in the lives of kids in war-torn countries. Gunnar Swanson, a young Iraq war veteran and program director of War Kids Relief, is marching 1,000 miles from Dallas to Minnesota to raise funds for programs that help kids traumatically affected by war. Below is Gunnar’s video, A Soldier’s March for Peace (“A Kid Like You”)

In 2008, Sarosha Hansraj received National Recognition by “Kohl’s Kids Who Care Program” and CBS 11 named Sarosha “Texan with Character”.

Please visit her website to read more about her organization and to view her videos.

Complete at sources: http://warkidsrelief.org/march/about/, http://www.childrencareforchildren.org/#about

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