Speak out - children have a right to live !!!

Tear rolled down my eyes uncontrollably when I heard the tragic fate of baby Aliyah Johnson, just 2 years of age and beaten to death. What kind of crazy world do we live in? For such a small island such as ours, why is it that violence against children is so prevalent? Are we then doing enough to save our future generation?

Pathologist Dr Valery Alexandrov, after performing an autopsy on Aliyah, determined she died as a result of blunt force abdominal trauma and acute internal blood loss. The pathologist spent almost three hours at the Forensic Science Centre, St James carefully examining the body of the young girl, who died on Easter Sunday, to determine the cause of her death. There was no sign of sexual abuse.

Police reported, at about 7.45 pm on Sunday, they received a report by staff at the Siparia District Health Facility that an unresponsive two-year-old child had been brought to the hospital, bearing marks of violence about her body, and bleeding from her vagina. 

These occurrences must not be taken lightly, as a nation we can influence the hand of change. Join facebook groups against child abuse, support rallies & marches that speak out against violence toward women & children, support the Gender Bill; let us pass legislation that would deter child molesters and child abusers. As a nation we can rise up & not only use social media for networking but also use it to force the hand of change. 

Akiel Chambers, 11,Josiah Govenor, 6,Daniel Guerra, 8,Adrian Richards, 12,Akel Gafoor, 17,Amy Annamunthodo, 4,Dane Andrews, 12,Dario Mc Coy, 16,Devika Lalman, 15,Dion Barclay, 16,Dominic Thomas, 16,Etean Smith, 2,Hope Arismendez, 8,Jashouna Hypolite, 15,Jevon La Monte, 17,Kimo Richards, 15,Kyle Grant, 17,Kylie Garcia, 15,Leah Lammy, 8,Lily Seepersad, 7,Lisa Sammy, 17,Lorenzo Harridath, 10,Mastaq B......enoit, 16,Michael Forde, 14,Mikhaeil Alleyne, 13,Neil Clement, 17,Parmanan Persaud, 13,Radha “Pixie” Lakhan, 16,Riana Parag, 18,Ricardo McKenzie, 16,Ronald Palakdhari, 16,Sean Luke, 6,Shahida Phillip, 16,Shernelle Codrington, 16,Simeon King, 16,Tecia Henry, 10,Zakia Mitchell, 14,Zareen Ansara Mohammed, 15...all the children who will never have a chance to embrace life...and Aaliyah Johnson, 2

ANOTHER CHILD MUST NOT DIE BEFORE WE DECIDE TO ACT !!!!!!