Ishmael Beah wrote a memoir of his time as a child soldier in the Sierra Leone civil war. This interview shows him as an adult reflecting on his healing process.
Job for former child soldiers
The ILO is pursuing its efforts to strengthen the economic component of reintegration programmes for former child soldiers in countries concerned. Two new projects have started in 2012.
News | 06 December 2012
Providing jobs to former child soldiers of legal working age is of key importance to ensure their sustainable reintegration into society and to prevent them from being re-recruited by armed forces or groups or from engaging in exploitative work. The ILO is therefore pursuing its efforts to strengthen the economic component of reintegration programmes for former child soldiers in countries concerned. Two new projects have started in 2012.
In Somalia, the European Union is funding an ILO project to support the economic reintegration of children formerly associated with armed forces and groups in the city of Mogadishu and support children at risk of recruitment. The aim is to help them access decent work and sustain themselves and…
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Child soldiers in Sudan after the genocide in Darfur / Los niños soldados en Sudán después del genocidio en Darfur
More than 70 former child soldiers, which included 24 girls, were recently registered in South Darfur for rehabilitation and reintegration. The former members of the Sudan Liberation Army / Historical Leadership (SLA/HL) were released in to the communities in 2011.
We ask a series of questions about the situation of these children from the moment they are released by this armed group until they are registered in government programs. On one hand, these children are released, but there are few who have families to whom they can return. Therefore, other children end in the streets or committing crimes to survive. Other children return to their communities, but after the atrocities and crimes they committed are not received and are rejected. And, there are other children who understand the profitability of the business of war and decide to stay there taking profits from drug trafficking, arms trafficking and services as mercenaries.
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U2, Paul McCartney and Coldplay to appear on War Child compilation
War Child have revealed plans to celebrate their 20th anniversary by releasing a compilation album featuring a collection of tracks recorded for their charity albums over the past two decades.
‘The Best Of War Child’ released on February 18th will feature tracks by Radiohead, David Bowie, Coldplay and Paul McCartney.
Bullets and Daisy Chains. 