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-Laura Anastasia

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In the article Kids at War this image was showe, the caption below it said that this was a pictcher of a young girl in the South who’s village was ataked and now she is a prisender of war.

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Child solgers. Specifically Grace and her family.

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“But in other parts of the world, boys and girls as young as 8 are routinely recruited by armed groups (see map, below). Many military groups find children—especially kids orphaned by war—easier to control than adults. Child soldiers are forced to do everything from carrying equipment and cooking to spying and engaging in combat” (Par 12).

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“But in other parts of the world, boys and girls as young as 8 are routinely recruited by armed groups (see map, below). Many military groups find children—especially kids orphaned by war—easier to control than adults. Child soldiers are forced to do everything from carrying equipment and cooking to spying and engaging in combat” (Par 12).

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This statistic is showes bellow⬇️

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War agents the alei troupes and the offending solvers. Grace and her mom where taken by soldiers to fight the alei. Children where being taken away from there family’s to go fight in the war.

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In 2013 a greusome battle had started.

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South Africa

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Children and there family where being taken away for there lack of people in the war. And for there poor education.

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Grace and her mother where both doing there own thing in the village until they went to go work at a farm and they where taken by war troupes. There grace and her sister got water and where forced to beet the adults. Her mother was thought how to fight and shoot a gun.

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From the website war child, artical effects of war children 

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From the website war child, artical effects of war children 

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“During conflict, children and young people’s rights are violated on a massive scale; their rights to be protected from violence, abuse and neglect, to live in dignity and be supported to develop to their full potential.”

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I read the article “Kids at War” in  Junior Scholastic in this article the main focus was on how many children and kids where being kidnaped to train for the war agents the government. There are many similarities between theses to but there are multiple differences. Both grace and her mother were working for troupes agented the government. They were both extremely unhappy. In the text the author talked about how both women and children helped make food for the solders.
Many children just like Grace were forced to go get huge amounts of water and fill jugs then hall them back to camp. If they where two slow they could have been beaten to death. They where also in charge of steeling supply from the village along with collecting fire wood. Lastly, the author wrote, “Child soldiers are forced to do everything from carrying equipment and cooking to spying
and engaging in combat.” This shows that they had so much work to do every day for the soldiers fighting in combat.
Grace’s mother and the other adults where in charge of make inferences food for the soldiers of how to fight in the bloody battle. Some mothers where thought how to fight a gun. If they were not doing something that they where supposed to do then they would be beaten by the children with sticks. In conclusion, Grace her mother and all of the other children and adults had a lot to do but they all had different things to do. This is why there are circumstances were similar and different

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“As the family sat trembling, one of the men spoke. ‘We are going to train you,’ he said, ‘to become soldiers’” (par. 10).

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“As the family sat trembling, one of the men spoke. ‘We are going to train you,’ he said, ‘to become soldiers’” (par. 10).

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This quote is important because it is telling how the family fells when they are in the before prosses of heeding go camp. This price of information was from the Kids of War text, this was interesting because it goes along with information from a mother article with in this one. This quote is describing is the family is felling. They are trembling. This could mean that they don’t know what is going to happen next.

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“It may be hard to imagine kids your age or even younger fighting in wars. After all, in the United States, we have a volunteer military. You must be at least 17 years old and meet certain health and educational requirements to enlist” (par. 11).

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“It may be hard to imagine kids your age or even younger fighting in wars. After all, in the United States, we have a volunteer military. You must be at least 17 years old and meet certain health and educational requirements to enlist” (par. 11).

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The artical Kids at War, states this quote. This quote showes that at this point in time both parties where in desperate need of people to help and people to fight.

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From the website “Child Solgers International”

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From the website “Child Solgers International”

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Child soldiers are children under 18 who are used for any military purpose. Some child soldiers are used for fighting to kill ants are used in combat or other acts of violence. Other children can be used as cooks, porters, messengers were spies. Some of these children don’t have a specific job they just do it there commander wants.

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Often times kids as young as age 5 are tough this to shoot a gun.

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Often times kids as young as age 5 are tough this to shoot a gun.

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In the Kids at War article I read there was an image like this. The caption states, “Somalia's Child Soldiers A video about child soldiers fighting in the civil war in Somalia.”

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Children at age four can be used as a child of war. They can do all work. This is everything from cooking and cleaning to fighting and weapon usage.

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Children at age four can be used as a child of war. They can do all work. This is everything from cooking and cleaning to fighting and weapon usage.

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The main idea of this text was to show readers what it is like to be a child soldier. 

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The main idea of this text was to show readers what it is like to be a child soldier. 

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One detain from the text that describes this was that Grace and her mother we taken to fight in war. Secondly, a detail from the article was, “Grace spent her days stealing supplies from villages, fetching water, and gathering firewood. She struggled to carry the heavy loads back to camp.” One last detail from the article woud be that some children and there families escaped from there camp but others stayed and helped fight.

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Why are all of theses people scared to help with war. If they are not fighting they are being taken care of in theseschard times. Just think they are getting food and free shelter. For the people fighting they are st risk of death, but the also fighting to help someone or somthing. Could it be that people are scared of the risk factor and they totally miss the reward? There are somany  risked that people may mask the reward.

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What is happening? 230 million children worldwide grow up in the midst of armed conflict. This atmosphere of violence has many direct negative effects on their mental health - including feelings of fear, anxiety and depression.

In 2021 we supported 648,477 children to rebuild their resilience

Ensuring the improved psychosocial wellbeing of children forced to live with the effects of armed conflict.

An integrated approach

The ultimate goal of our programmes is to ensure the improved psychosocial wellbeing of children and youth forced to live with the effects of armed conflict. Our interventions incorporate all three of our programming lines in an integrated manner for maximum effect. We work directly with children and youth, the important adults in their lives and the communities around them to ensure our programmes are relevant and have a lasting effect.

All these efforts help to ensure that children in areas affected by armed conflict can build a better future - both for themselves and their communities.

"A child affected by conflict requires a lot more than basic necessities like drinking water, sufficient food and a roof over its head."

Mark Jordans, War Child director of Research & Development

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What are the effects of armed conflict?

War Child works to support the healthy psychosocial development of children and youth living with the consequences of armed conflict. These consequences can take on many forms - including feelings of fear, anxiety, and depression, as well as exposure to physical and sexual exploitation. Yet - with the right support - most children will be able to cope with the adversities they experience.

The resilience of children and youth

Our psychosocial support interventions are designed to enable children and youth to develop their resilience and innate strengths. Participants in our life-skills interventions and structured recreational activities develop increased self-confidence and trust in others. We also work with parents and other key adults in children's lives to enhance their own wellbeing and their capacity to provide care and psychosocial support to children.

EASE: Early Adolescent Skills for Emotions

For children experiencing enduring distress, World Health Organization - with input from expert organisations such as ours - has developed the EASE (Early Adolescent Skills for Emotions) intervention. The intervention is designed to improve the psychosocial wellbeing of children between ten and 14 years of age who experience significant emotional distress.

EASE has been created to be delivered by non-specialist providers in low resource settings. This will not only serve to make quality mental healthcare more readily available wherever young adolescents are in need - it could also help to reduce the global mental healthcare gap.

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Ensuring the improved psychosocial wellbeing of children forced to live with the effects of armed conflict. Find out how we do it.

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Could it be that child soldiers are being forced into this because there are not enough people who want to join the war on there own?