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"I love donating money and purchasing things where all proceeds go to charity.  I was lucky enough to meet Sean Carasso, the founder of Falling Whistles. Falling Whistles is a non-profit organization that&amp;#039;s tries to raise awareness about child soldiers fighting the war in Congo. Let me share a piece from Sean&amp;#039;s journal from when he was over there about why whistles were his choice in &amp;quot;weapon&amp;quot;:  &amp;quot;...boys not big enough to hold a gun are given merely a whistle and put on the front lines of battle. THEIR SOLE DUTY IS TO MAKE ENOUGH NOISE TO SCARE THE ENEMY AND THEN TO RECEIVE - WITH THEIR BODIES - THE FIRST ROUND OF BULLETS. Lines of boys fall as nothing more than a temporary barricade. Those who try to flee are shot at from behind. The soldiers call it &amp;quot;encouragement&amp;quot; to be brave. Without a gun to protect themselves, the smallest boys are placed between the crossfire of two armies - forces fighting for reasons far beyond their ability to understand. WITH FALLING WHISTLES, THEIR ONLY CHOICE IS TO FEIGN DEATH OR FACE IT.&amp;quot; Listening to him talk about the horrors he heard about and experienced made my eyes well up in tears. I had to purchase a whistle; I immediately purchased one as soon as I could. Now, what is the point of purchasing a whistle? All proceeds go to rehabilitate and advocate for war-affected children and their freedom.   I&amp;#039;ve got mine, have you got one? If not, I encourage you to pick one up. To get your own whistle check out: http://store.fallingwhistles.com/collections/whistles "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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