CHILD
SOLDIERS
What’s Really Going on in the
World?
Children are
mistreated throughout
the world.
It’s a sad fact.
The use of child soldiers is practiced
in multiple parts of the world.
Definition of Child Soldiers:
Any child – boy or girl – under
18 years of age, who is part of
any kind of regular or irregular
armed force or armed group in
any capacity, including, but not
limited to: cooks, porters,
messengers, and anyone
accompanying such groups
other than family members. It
includes girls and boys
recruited for sexual purposes
and/or forced marriage.
http://dingo.care2.com/pictures/c2c/share/36/368/866/368660_370.jpg
FACTS:
 Child
soldiers are being used in
over 36 countries worldwide
 Today,
there are approximately
300,000 child soldiers fighting in
armed conflict
http://www.un.org/News/dh/childsoldiers/cdfsoldier.jpg
FACTS:
 Children
are used as soldiers
because they are easily
manipulated and are too young to
understand their actions.
 Child soldiers use AK-47s, M-16s
and grenades because they are
easy to use.
Orphans and
refugees
sometimes see
their only
hope for survival is
by joining a militia.
http://www.glogster.com/media/5/28/89/46/28894698.jpg
FACTS:
 Child
soldiers are used to clear
landmines and as human shields
 Child
soldiers carry supplies and
act as messengers, cooks, and
lookouts
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5NSLGn9FN6E/TOS4qNVkc7I/AAAAAAAAAC8/o8MUBER0u-E/s1600/child%2Bsoldiers%2Bsquad%2BSierra%2BLeone.jpg
FACTS:

Child soldiers are often given drugs to
help them cope with their emotions,
making it easier for them to kill

Child soldiers are sometimes forced to
commit atrocities against their own
families and villages
FACT:
Girl
soldiers
are
often
used as
domestic
sex
slaves.
http://www.un.org/works/i/wgo/ChildSoldier_SierraLeone_Fatmata.jpg
FACT:
Many child
soldiers are
not welcome
back home
after a conflict
ends because
of cultural
superstition.
http://www.glogster.com/media/5/28/89/49/28894936.jpg
FACT:
 Children
are the victims of conflict
after witnessing or participating in
murder and rape, becoming
disabled, homeless or
psychologically traumatized.
http://edu.glogster.com/media/3/10/60/20/10602020.jpg
FACT: These children are the victims.
Child soldiers are not only used in Africa…..
“From Sierra Leone to Congo,
from Afghanistan to Kosovo, child
soldiers are the war weapon of
choice, ‘easily manipulated,
intensely loyal, fearless and, most
important, in endless supply’.”
(quoted from article found on
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/)
http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/uploadedImages/Home/Articles/Social_Issues/Articles/Child%20Soldiers.jpg
http://geology.com/world/world-map.shtml
Bibliography
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Other than the photographs and map, all of
the information was borrowed from the
following website:
http://www.un.org/works/goingon/soldiers/les
sonplan_soldiers.html