Echoes of War

War and violence leave behind the dead the wounded the maimed the victim and the witness In ECHOES OF WAR children left behind in Afghanistan Colombia Sierra Leone and New York take us into their lives and share their memories nightmares and dreams A Colombian boy takes us down the road where his hand disappeared In New York two girls tell us about their father who worked on too high a floor of the World Trade Centre We meet a girl in Afghanistan who struggles to remember her father of whom even the pictures were burned In Sierra Leone a family on their way to a well is attacked leaving a girl behind who has no idea what the rebels were fighting for A boy in the Colombian jungle dreams of becoming a doctor A girl in a besieged city is determined to become president of her country and outlaw all weapons The children reveal these stories by listening to the tale of a little elephant who tries to find the courage to live with the death of his father