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In the actuality, just some people would understand the difficult situation about kids in Africa. They are required to be soldier, to leave their families, the school, and their future. Many organizations and people try to change this situation, but it’s difficult, because it isn’t the only territory with this problem.
Boys and girls (between 7 or 15 years old) are kidnapped all over the world: of school, orphanage and their houses. Then they’re recruited and sent to instruction fields, where soldier teach them how to fight in the war and how to use armament. Also, they’re utilized to detect minefields, since they could avoid killing more soldiers (causing death or mutilation in these children). Lots of child soldiers were forced to kill their own family and friends, just to show obedience (this resulted in drug use).
The majority of girls are designated to be “sexual slaves” for the soldiers, which caused venereal diseases, the leading cause of death for these girls.
The majority of girls are designated to be “sexual slaves” for the soldiers, which caused venereal diseases, the leading cause of death for these girls.
The few children who are released or managed to escape, left with a psychological trauma, difficult to treat, and memories marked by violence. For this reason, laws had been creating organizations for the children’s rights, but this is not enough, because this is still happening in several countries (Colombia, Rwanda, Afghanistan, Philippines and Sri Lanka) and not all the people have knowledge about it. These children are kidnapped from marginal areas, with limited resources to recruit them, as I said before, and this isn’t big importance to the government I think because they don’t do too much to solve this problem, and their family hasn’t many choices to act against this situation.
Why this continued happening? What possible solution would have this problem?
(Short of fiction, based on child soldiers : ''Aquel no era yo'' by Esteban Crespo )
I didn't know much about it, I don't even know that is happening in Colombia, I thought that belong only to the African territories. I guess this is still happening because they in a way are forgotten children and are forced to do this to be considered in their society, I mean is the only option that shows them.
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