2.     The rebels force the children to become child soldiers, and train them as guerrillas to lay mines and fight. Some of the children have also been kidnapped.

3.     Children from the poor areas in Columbia are appealed to the rebel groups as they offer them food and shelter, and take them away from domestic violence.

 4.     Children are saved because of a peace deal between the rebel groups and the Columbian government.

Discrimination is also a key motivating factor. Ethnic, tribal and religious identity, linked to the notion of discrimination, is potent in the mobilization of whole communities including children. When children witness the killing, humiliation of their parents and watch their sisters being raped, they might join out of a feeling of revenge. Many children are also requested by their families and communities to play their part in the defence of the community.

Sometimes young boys and girls can be attracted by the idea of martyrdom and heroic death

 4. According to "bbc.co" Groups like amnesty international and the UN are working to end the use of a child soldier in war. The UN is campaigning to tighten up laws on selling guns to stop them reaching battlefields where child soldiers are fighting. Help them to get a better life.

Human Rights Watch is an independent non-profit organization that works to secure human rights all over the world. The organization investigates and try to shed some light on the issue of children joining armed forces, as well as other humanitarian issues. During the Obama administration, the organization urged the government to limit military assistance to countries that have child soldiers. They had a goal to make the US demand the end of children in armed forces in exchange for military assistance. Human rights watch also work with other organization to help former child soldier, including the DDR.  Their ultimate goal concerning the issue of child soldiers is to stop the use of children in armed conflicts (Human Rights Watch 2008).

4. According to legal scholar Sandesh Sivakumaran, the special court has provided needed clarification over the use of children in combat, and had identified certain actions which could be deemed as illegal with regards to the use of children in combat. 

In 2007 the special court passed the first convictions for war crimes during the conflict. Three members of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) were found guilty of various human rights abuses, which included the recruitment of children for use in combat. 

Poverty can be an important motivating factor to join armed forces and groups. For some children joining armed groups ensures one meal which is why some parents give their children to the movement in the hope that they will be fed and housed.

Discrimination is also a key motivating factor. Ethnic, tribal and religious identity, linked to the notion of discrimination, is potent in the mobilization of whole communities including children. When children witness the killing, humiliation of their parents and watch their sisters being raped, they might join out of a feeling of revenge. Many children are also requested by their families and communities to play their part in the defence of the community.

Sometimes young boys and girls can be attracted by the idea of martyrdom and heroic Death.

What is being done to save child soldiers?
The UN and Amnesty International is campaining to tighten up laws on selloing guns to stop them reaching battlefields where child soldiers are fighting.