Nick, Sara and members of the Hands Up Project read Fatema’s poem in her honour.

“How could peace loving poeple make a turning point in their countries and affect their Government?’

Read Fatema’s words and consider what kind of a world we live in, where the responsibility to tell us how to live falls on a nine year old girl in Gaza

The situation is very bad. I hope that Stay alive’

Today's messages are from Rinan and Raja'a, two extraordinary women.

“What are you waiting for to help us? to see us dead, I'm only 16. Do you expect me to fix all of this?”

Samir is a hugely popular teacher from Gaza and long term friend of the Hands Up Project. In this first podcast he speaks with Nick and Sara about the horrendous situation he and his family are currently facing.

Ordinary children who, under normal circumstances, love playing, acting, and listening to stories are hiding drawings of missiles under their pillows, their dreams infected by their daily reality and the horror of war.