About the Crisis in Beslan, North Ossetia, Russia

On September 1, 2004, 32 terrorists took over a school in the town of Beslan in North Ossetia, Russia. These terrorists took nearly 1200 hostages, the majority of the hostages being children, and held them captive for days without food or water, or even being allowed to use the toilets. Many people were shot in the back while trying to escape, and even more died when they were huddled into the school's gymnasium which the terrorists rigged with explosives. The explosives detonated and the roof collapsed, causing most of the approximately 350 deaths.

Hundreds more were wounded while Russian security forces and the terrorists battled for control of the school, and the lives of the hostages. Unfortunately even those who survived will undoubtedly be scarred both physically and mentally for years to come. Needless to say, these children and their families need much support to begin to rebuild their lives after such a horiffic tragedy.

This website will is meant to help point people in the right direction to make donations through the various aid agencies involved in helping the victims of this crisis, in particular UNICEF and the Canadian Red Cross. We encourage everyone who can make a donation, large or small, to please do so. It's all for a very worthy cause.

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