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Helping Children in War-Torn Countries
Year of production - 2001
Duration - 2min 25sec
Tags - changing communities, children, communities, ethics, health, human rights, representations of war, society, war, see all tags
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Helping Children in War-Torn Countries is an excerpt from the film A Compassionate Rage (55 mins), produced in 2001.
A Compassionate Rage: Moira Kelly has run an AIDS clinic for children in Romania, been house mother at an Aboriginal mission, worked in India with Mother Teresa, nursed crack babies in the Bronx and set up schools for kids in Bosnia. She brings those in need of surgery from war zones to hospitals in the US, Canada, Ireland and Australia. Now, after three years dedicated to ill, injured and impoverished children in Albania, she’s creating a haven for young people on a farm outside Melbourne. She has been called an angel of mercy and a pain in the neck. One thing’s for certain – she won’t let anything stand in her way.
A Compassionate Rage is a Film Australia National Interest Program in association with Vue Pty Ltd. Developed with the assistance of the Australian Film Commission and Cinemedia’s Film Victoria. Produced with the assistance of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Please consult the National Statement of Learning for information.
Moira Kelly has devoted her life to the service of others. When she was eight years old she saw a documentary at school about the late Mother Theresa’s work in the slums of Calcutta. When she arrived home she told her mother that one day she would work with Mother Theresa. Many years later she did work with the nun and that is when she developed her own personal philosophy: 'Wherever there is the greatest evil, the greatest good can be achieved’.
As well as working in India, she has worked for aid agencies in Bosnia and Romania, but now she works on her own, bringing sick and injured children from war-torn countries to Australia for operations that can save lives or provide a better quality of life for severely affected children. Surgeons donate their services and the children recuperate on a farm near Kilmore in Victoria that was donated by Rotary.
Ms Kelly says that she is happy to sacrifice marriage and the chance to have her own children to help those of other people.
In 1999 she established the Children First Foundation of which she is the Executive Director.
- Who is Moira Kelly?
- What impact does Moira’s work have on the development of children? Categorise your thoughts according the following types of development:
- hysical
- social
- emotional
- What health issues are apparent in war torn countries?
- How does war and conflict negatively affect health?
- How does development influence health?
- How does health influence development?
- What support does Moira provide to children and families in war-torn countries?
- Do you think that these children and their families need other types of support? Why or why not?
- Can you research the different types of aid provided by Australia:
- bilateral
- multilateral
- emergency
- Why do you think Moira does the type of work she does?
Go to Children First Foundation website – including information about Moira Kelly, AO.
Go to Australian Government’s Overseas Aid Program website