Story highlights A Syrian activist group is using Pokemon Go, with the backdrop of war, to highlight the plight of children

Cartoon houses, books in a classroom, and a shield over an explosion in Syria Go cover the "real world"

(CNN) These days, there are Pokemon everywhere.

Whether you're in Central Park, on the streets of San Francisco or even land mine-ridden areas of Bosnia , there are Pikachu to be found.

A media agency run by activists in Syria is capitalizing on the Pokemon Go craze to plead for help for children inside the war-torn country.

The campaign has latched onto the global mania surrounding the game, asking fanatic gamers to take a break from hunting for digital creatures and instead turn their attention to helping Syrian families trapped in war zones.

"I am in Syria. ... Save me!!" the Revolutionary Forces of Syria Media Group tweeted. Below the tweet, children hold signs in both Arabic and English with a Pokemon creature. One sign pleads: "I am [in] an area of Eastern Ghouta, Syria. Come save me!"

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