CHILDREN OF WAR APPEAL; Help build the peace

The Independent is asking readers to support four charities working to help child victims of the wars in former Yugoslavia. More than pounds 100,000 has been donated so far.

Save the Children is working with children who have been separated from their families, counselling and reuniting them;

The Red Cross is running the largest humanitarian operation in the region, looking after refugee camps and linking people through its famous messaging network;

War Child plans to build a music therapy centre in Mostar, and to send prosthetics to wounded children in the Tuzla area;

Child Advocacy International aims to bring up to 100 sick children to Britain for treatment they could not obtain at home.

Please make cheques or postal orders payable to the charity of your choice and send them to us with the completed coupon.