https://padlet.com/amhenning18/9copmlxv0wty Pulitzer center Article en-us 2016-11-16 16:49:17 UTC 2017-05-17 01:55:40 UTC hello@padlet.com amhenning18 https://padlet.com/amhenning18/9copmlxv0wty/wish/138155624 2016-11-16 16:51:08 UTC https://padlet.com/amhenning18/9copmlxv0wty/wish/138155624 amhenning18 https://padlet.com/amhenning18/9copmlxv0wty/wish/138155759 2016-11-16 16:51:14 UTC https://padlet.com/amhenning18/9copmlxv0wty/wish/138155759 amhenning18 https://padlet.com/amhenning18/9copmlxv0wty/wish/138285546 Arkar Min was lured into the army by a man proposing a well paying driving job to him, which greatly excited him, but when they stopped for snacks, he got them two identical pastries and Min ate it, not knowing his was drugged and his recruiter was later paid US $80 for his deed.]]> 2016-11-17 00:50:31 UTC https://padlet.com/amhenning18/9copmlxv0wty/wish/138285546 amhenning18 https://padlet.com/amhenning18/9copmlxv0wty/wish/138393844 Min ate one meal a day consisting of a bowl of rice with some oil and salt and slept on the hard concrete floor with nothing. ]]> 2016-11-17 13:56:55 UTC https://padlet.com/amhenning18/9copmlxv0wty/wish/138393844 amhenning18 https://padlet.com/amhenning18/9copmlxv0wty/wish/138396783 The Child Protectuon Organization in Burma and delivers families needing help with child recruitment to ILO, who alos works with UNICEF tofree underage child soldiers in Burma and end child recruitment]]> 2016-11-17 14:03:39 UTC https://padlet.com/amhenning18/9copmlxv0wty/wish/138396783 amhenning18 https://padlet.com/amhenning18/9copmlxv0wty/wish/138397965 There are 12 training camps across Burma, where Child Protection Organization member, Thein Myint works her way in by bribing the underfed guards with meat and fish to look for underage boys.]]> 2016-11-17 14:06:08 UTC https://padlet.com/amhenning18/9copmlxv0wty/wish/138397965 amhenning18 https://padlet.com/amhenning18/9copmlxv0wty/wish/138398914 The Burma Army is only one of seven national armies out of 50 across the world listed for recruitment and use of children in the Annexes. ]]> 2016-11-17 14:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amhenning18/9copmlxv0wty/wish/138398914 amhenning18 https://padlet.com/amhenning18/9copmlxv0wty/wish/138400289 The Join Action Plan signed in 2012 agreed upon over time freeing underage slaves and those over 18 who had been recruited underage.]]> 2016-11-17 14:11:17 UTC https://padlet.com/amhenning18/9copmlxv0wty/wish/138400289 amhenning18 https://padlet.com/amhenning18/9copmlxv0wty/wish/138401021 The Burma army had began to release more children in 2014, releasing 80 children in November, which brought the total number of freed underage soldiers to 845 since 2007.]]> 2016-11-17 14:12:49 UTC https://padlet.com/amhenning18/9copmlxv0wty/wish/138401021 amhenning18 https://padlet.com/amhenning18/9copmlxv0wty/wish/138402142 Fake national registration cards are given to ththe state that claim the underage boys are 18, which is the legal minimum age to join and if they are under the 100 pound weight requirement, they are force fed bananas until the weight is reached.]]> 2016-11-17 14:14:57 UTC https://padlet.com/amhenning18/9copmlxv0wty/wish/138402142 amhenning18 https://padlet.com/amhenning18/9copmlxv0wty/wish/138405702 "In 2007, the ILO and the Burmese government agreed upon the Forced Labor Complaint Mechanism, a system designed to offer victims of forced labor a platform for release without fear of retaliation." Since then there have been 1260 reports of child recruitment by the Tatmadaw, one of Southeast Asia's largest armies.]]> 2016-11-17 14:22:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amhenning18/9copmlxv0wty/wish/138405702