The Horrors of a Child Soldier

Child Soldiers

Since 1998 over 100000 child soldiers have been released from armed groups and that is just a few of the many more children that have been abducted by rebels and other military groups. These children are forced to fight for these groups and in return the children get drugs and get addicted so they will come back to their groups to get more. The use of Child soldiers is horrific but the history of the problem does not go back too far but the extent of the problem today has been terrifying. The repercussions of the problem are long lasting and some don't go away even though some future solutions might help but it will not fix the experiences some of the children have gone through.

Africa is the most common place for the use of child soldier. Children between the ages 10 to 18 have been abducted by armed groups and forced to fight for them. Over 250000 Child soldiers that were separated from their families have been recorded apart from the ones who have still yet to be found. The Children are used for combat, messengers, support tasks and even for landmine detection which is very cruel. The female kids they capture are used as sex slaves for money. In July 2012 Mr. Lubanga Dyilo was sentenced to 14 years for forcing kids to fight in his army.

This problem with child soldiers has become so serious because everyday a new town or village is being attacked and new kids are becoming monsters with weapons forced to attack villages also. Kids are raped and beaten for their belongings. Villages are left destroyed and blood everywhere with bodies left on the ground while animals pick from them and survivors come back to their burned down village to see the brutal action that has taken place their. They leave the villag...

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...e song “Enfants Soldats D’ici & D’Ailleurs” helps raise money that will be used to help fight the problem with child soldier. All money made goes to help put an end to child soldiers. Child soldiers International also promotes protocol to the convention on the rights of the child on how military cannot use anyone under 18. So far 144 member states have ratified and 49 members have yet to do so.

Such a big problem like this wont stick around forever as it draws lots of attention to itself. Child soldiers history will never be forgotten and the every problem has a solution but we just need to find the right solution that will solve the whole problem like the International Criminal Court and organizations like Child Soldiers International to help with the repercussions of the problem. The United Nations set 2016 as a deadline for the end of child soldier use.