1. Children of War Syria – Afghanistan – Yemen Winners of the –
Eastwind Photo-Journalism Awards 2016

2. Children of War Syria – Afghanistan – Yemen Prayer for Peace
Lord, teach us and our enemies
to break the vicious cycle
of hate and vengeance.
Inside all of us a battle rages
between good and evil
between love and hate.
Help us make good win over evil.
Lord, grant us peace
in our troubled world.
Teach us Your gentleness
and forgiveness. Amen.

3. Children of War
Syria – Afghanistan – Yemen
Photo 01

4. Children of War
Syria – Afghanistan – Yemen
Photo 02

5. Eastwind Photo-Journalism Award 2016
Children of War
Syria – Afghanistan – Yemen
Photo 03 – Fifth Place 1
Eastwind Photo-Journalism Award 2016

6. the kings of warring nations US, UK, RUSSIA, SYRIA
FRANCE, SAUDI ARABIA
use arbitrary airstrikes and killer drones
based on unreliable information
that kill many children
they save lives of soldiers
at the expense of women and children
for every terrorist leader killed
which they boast about
they kill a hundred innocent civilians
which they are silent about
they do not care about children
even as they have their own
children are mere ‘collateral damage’
THEIR ACTIONS ARE WRITTEN IN BLOOD

7. Eastwind Photo-Journalism Award 2016
Photo 04 – Fifth Place 2
Eastwind Photo-Journalism Award 2016

8. Photo 05

9. Photo 06

10. Photo 07

11. a crisis of vast proportion is descending upon us
to snatch away our inner peace
our children and our children’s children
and theirs too

12. months-old babies mutilated by war the heavens cry out for vengeance
Photo 08 – Fourth Place 2
Eastwind Photo-Journalism Award 2016

13. Eastwind Photo-Journalism Award 2016
Photo 09 - Fourth Place 1
Eastwind Photo-Journalism Award 2016

15. Photo 10

16. Eastwind Photo-Journalism Award 2016
Photo 11 - Third Place
Eastwind Photo-Journalism Award 2016

17. Eastwind Photo-Journalism Award 2016
we kill their children
they kill ours
Photo 12 - First Place
Eastwind Photo-Journalism Award 2016

18. are filled with hate and vengeance they trigger thousands dead
men in high places
are filled with hate and vengeance
they trigger thousands dead
and millions of refugees
who now flood our cities
but there is karma
random airstrikes of hospitals
in foreign lands
result in random suicide bombs
in stadiums in our homeland

19. it is a never ending vicious cycle of hate and vengeance
which the most powerful kings
are helpless to prevent
ten eyes for an eye
it gathers momentum
until the carnage spreads
across the entire planet
we kill their children, they kill ours

20. Photo 13

21. Photo 14

22. Eastwind Photo-Journalism Award 2016
their eyes are without tears
their faces without emotions
but deep inside a hurricane rages
and they ask the wind
‘why are they killing us?’
and the wind has no answer
except a deep long moan
Photo 12 – Second Place
Eastwind Photo-Journalism Award 2016

23. who will offer a gentle hand in a world of vengeance?
what future do we have?
how do we escape hell?
who will offer a gentle hand
in a world of vengeance?
Photo 17

24. Map of Medicins sans
Frontieres (MSF) or
Medicine without Borders
shows airstrikes by
US, Russia, Syria
against hospitals.
They consider rebels
and civilians as the same,
or they just don’t care.
Medical staff killed 23.
Wounded 58. Attacks
on facilities 94. Destroyed 12
Damaged 63. Ambulances
hit 16. No. of children killed
or wounded unknown.

25. Airstrikes by
US-Coalition
(blue) and
Russia (red)
in Syria Sept. 30
to Oct. 12, 2015.
They report
‘effective’
airstrikes but
keep secret
those with high
civilian
casualties.

26. Russian and Syrian airstrikes (yellow circle).
US-Coalition (blue)
and Russian (red)
airstrikes in Syria
Sept 30–Oct 12, 2015.
Russian and Syrian airstrikes (yellow circle).
US-Coalition airstrikes (white circle).

27. Children of War Syria – Afghanistan – Yemen when we see tragedy
we wonder why God permits it
not knowing His ways
not knowing that perhaps our sins
bring suffering to our children
sin has a social dimension

28. Children of War Syria – Afghanistan – Yemen Prayer for Peace
Lord, teach us and our enemies
to break the vicious cycle
of hate and vengeance.
Inside all of us a battle rages
between good and evil
between love and hate.
Help us make good win over evil.
Lord, grant us peace
in our troubled world.
Teach us Your gentleness
and forgiveness. Amen.

29. Links to the sources
of maps and photographs –
MUSIC
ateneo college glee club
joel navarro conducting
PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS