All three are maimed by conflict. The African boy is a victim of famine. A Caucasian girl with one leg. A Jewish boy, depicted wearing a Kippot and a patch covering a lost eye.
The charity CHILDREN IN CROSSFIRE placed this piece outside a school in Northern Ireland, Londonderry to raise awareness of the cost of conflict. The artwork was used to launch THE FLICKER OF HOPE CAMPAIGN.
CHILDREN CAUGHT IN CROSSFIRE SCULPTURE, THREE LIFE SIZE FIGURES. SITED IN DERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND.
FUNDED JOINTLY BY INTERNATIONAL CHARITY CHILDREN CAUGHT IN CROSSFIRE AND PUBLIC DONATIONS FOR THE FLICKER OF HOPE CAMPAIGN, HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH UNICEF, TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE PREVENTATIVE DEATHS ACROSS THE WORLD, WHICH AT THE TIME WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 40,000 CHILDREN A YEAR. UNVEILED 2003.