Children, caught in this conflict are calling out for peace.

As international mediators continue to seek an end to the fighting, children in a school in Beni district of northeastern DRC presented to us their paper doves, showing their perceptions of war and their hopes for peace. To some of these children who have only known the terrors of conflict, education offers them an escape from the violence.

Katungu Guylaine aged 14, is a pupil in the accelerated learning class at primary school Kasanga Tuha, where many displaced children attend. She was displaced from the area of Bunia. She lives with her parents in a community which is traumatised by the endless war in DRC.

That is why she has drawn a gun broken in two, as her message to call an end to the war.