When you are a child you enjoy your childhood and don't have to do as much you can just have fun with your life. Lots of kids has been pressured to become child soldiers and not have the same privilege to live the child's life like others. They become child soldiers as young as the age of 8years old and are separated from their family members to go to war and the possibility of not talking to them for awhile.
Child soldier began in 1998. Since 2001, the participation of child soldiers has been reported in 21 on-going or recent armed conflicts in almost every region of the world. Children usually likely to become soldiers if they are poor or separated from their homes and families. Thousands of kids under the age of 18 serve in government forces and kids are as young as 8. Once kids get recruited soldiers may serve as porters or …show more content…
Over 6,000 soldiers are involved in conflict in the central, Girls make an estimated 10 to 30 percent of those child soldiers are used fighting and are very vulnerable when it come to sexual violence. Nearly 78% of former soldier want to return to school. After 30,000 child soldiers were abducted from their homes in Uganda over several decades and coerced into joining the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) the leader of the guerilla war group moved into remote regions in the DRC and parts of Sudan . In 2004, groups in 22 countries used children in “armed hostilities,” and the governments of 17 countries used children or backed militia groups using children in armed conflict. In 2013, the UN launched an effort to end child soldiers by 2016. Back in 2004 there was an estimated 17,000 child soldiers in government forces and allied armies. Eleven years later, there are still between 15,000 and 16,000 child soldiers who have been recruited into the
Child soldier began in 1998. Since 2001, the participation of child soldiers has been reported in 21 on-going or recent armed conflicts in almost every region of the world. Children usually likely to become soldiers if they are poor or separated from their homes and families. Thousands of kids under the age of 18 serve in government forces and kids are as young as 8. Once kids get recruited soldiers may serve as porters or …show more content…
Over 6,000 soldiers are involved in conflict in the central, Girls make an estimated 10 to 30 percent of those child soldiers are used fighting and are very vulnerable when it come to sexual violence. Nearly 78% of former soldier want to return to school. After 30,000 child soldiers were abducted from their homes in Uganda over several decades and coerced into joining the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) the leader of the guerilla war group moved into remote regions in the DRC and parts of Sudan . In 2004, groups in 22 countries used children in “armed hostilities,” and the governments of 17 countries used children or backed militia groups using children in armed conflict. In 2013, the UN launched an effort to end child soldiers by 2016. Back in 2004 there was an estimated 17,000 child soldiers in government forces and allied armies. Eleven years later, there are still between 15,000 and 16,000 child soldiers who have been recruited into the