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Child soldiers
Sendabo, Teferi
Sendabo, Teferi
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The image of the child as a soldier with a gun in hand seems incomprehensible and somehow unreal to many of us. Yet this is a reality for far too many children in today’s world. It is currently estimated that more than 300,000 children are taking part in armed conflicts globally as actual combatants or associated. While they have often been ‘invisible’, more focus has been put on these so-called child soldiers in recent years. That having been said, child soldiers’ rehabilitation and social reintegration deserve greater attention in terms of research, programme development and programme implementation. Why do children participate in war? What does it take to make a former child soldier into a child without the soldier? How can these children become functioning and accepted members of their communities? What method, approaches and strategies are useful in the rehabilitation and social reintegration process? In this study, Dr Teferi Sendabo seeks to answer such questions with particular reference to Liberia. His findings about Liberia’s experiences in the field of rehabilitation and reintegration are valuable not only in relation to the specific situation in Liberia, but also to improve our general understanding of the use and rehabilitation of child soldiers.
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2004
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9187748541
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