Join the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
Children are used every day in war in places such as Sierra Leone, Liberia, Congo, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, and Burma. There are an estimated three hundred thousand child soldiers around the world. The amount of child soldiers increases every year as more children are being recruited for use in active combat. The traumatized children are held and trained for war for about 2 to 3 months, and they are told that they will be killed if they disobey orders or try to escape and are forced into this life. These children are captured, taken away from their families, and threatened, forced to live through this war just to stay alive. Child soldiers can be as young as 8 when they are recruited and they are considered a child until the age of 18. Boy soldiers are used in various ways in war and girl soldiers are used as well, as “wives” or prostitutes and housework such as cooking, cleaning, etc. These children are witnesses of unimaginable violence including killing people themselves. It is difficult for these children to be rehabilitated as they are traumatized for life and not accepted back into their villages. Child soldiers are given drugs, and are more fearless in war, and are even used as suicide-bombers.
Sign this petition to show your support and try to stop the use of child soldiers.
Children are used every day in war in places such as Sierra Leone, Liberia, Congo, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, and Burma. There are an estimated three hundred thousand child soldiers around the world. The amount of child soldiers increases every year as more children are being recruited for use in active combat. The traumatized children are held and trained for war for about 2 to 3 months, and they are told that they will be killed if they disobey orders or try to escape and are forced into this life. These children are captured, taken away from their families, and threatened, forced to live through this war just to stay alive. Child soldiers can be as young as 8 when they are recruited and they are considered a child until the age of 18. Boy soldiers are used in various ways in war and girl soldiers are used as well, as “wives” or prostitutes and housework such as cooking, cleaning, etc. These children are witnesses of unimaginable violence including killing people themselves. It is difficult for these children to be rehabilitated as they are traumatized for life and not accepted back into their villages. Child soldiers are given drugs, and are more fearless in war, and are even used as suicide-bombers.
Sign this petition to show your support and try to stop the use of child soldiers.