Mia Farrow Meets Ex-Child Soldiers in DRC
I am watching a documentary on the child soldiers in the Congo. I thought of my friend on the Rotary Peace Studies Program who was Congolese and how she tried to bravely start peace education in her country, to facilitate a dialogue. She said it was working until she was arrested and then a friend of her family helped her to escape the county. She is a refugee and last I heard separated from her young children. What a world.
Is this a world fit for children?
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Mia Farrow meets ex-child soldiers on DRC visit
Published 21.46 on 29th March 2012
Updated 21.46 on 29th March 2012
.@MiaFarrow visits transit centres where children associated with armed conflict are getting a new start: http://uni.cf/GVdkP1
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow visited a transit centre in Bukava, Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday, that specialises in the recovery of ex-child soldiers. Among the boys and girls, many of whom have been forced to serve as soldiers and sex-slaves, Farrow met a woman who had been raped by militia and became pregnant before arriving at the centre [see video above].
.@MiaFarrow visits transit centres where children associated with armed conflict are getting a new start: http://uni.cf/GVdkP1
UNICEF @UNICEF During her time in the DRC, Farrow also met the Flavour Boyz, a hip-hop crew who blend rap and traditional African percussion to tell the story of their experiences of abduction. Here David explains how he was simply abducted one day while studying for school:
From : unicef
16-year-old leader of the Flavour Boyz David, described his time as a child-soldier as “a nightmare”:
Life in the militia was a nightmare. “It was difficult in the bush. There was no food and we slept badly, and our commander told us to attack villages and to rape women. While I was there, I fought in three wars. There were lots of people killed but somehow I survived.”
From : UNICEF
Abduction is not the only reason some children become soldiers. The Tweet below links to an article about a boy named Espoir, who has also been recovering in Bukava, but joined a militia so that he “could support my family with the money I earned”:
Find out how a transit centre in DR #Congo is helping reintegrate child soldiers back into society http://bit.ly/H4IPGX via @UNOCHA #DRC
United Nations @UN On her own Twitter feed, Farrow called attention to the dangers faced by women and children in the DRC:
mia farrow @MiaFarrow
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