Erin Brady|
On Sunday the 13th of March, militants from the infamous group Al Qaeda opened fire on the beach in Grand-Bassan, Ivory Coast in which 16 people, at least, have been killed now.
Among the survivors, Charline Burton and her one year old daughter, Elinor, who only escaped the attacks by hiding in a crowded and stuffy bathroom where they could hear the shootings outside. Luckily the one year old did not make a noise and the two of them escaped with their lives.
Her husband and her other daughter, Marion, who were lost in the commotion ended up hiding in a hotel room with other frightened guests who had to be convinced they were not terrorists before opening the door.
Charline Burton who is a regional manager at Search for Common Ground, says from her experince:
People without jobs and without hope are angry and they are easy recruits for terrorist organisations.
People don’t have an option to make their life a success, so they turn to violence because they don’t know what else to do.
The organisation for which she works for want to build a future where there is no violence and one where we can live together in unison, she also says,
It makes our work more relevant.
