Sentences with phrase «former child soldiers»

The findings indicated improvement in PTSD symptoms among former child soldiers despite limited access to care.

«High Hopes, Grim Reality: Reintegration and the Education of Former Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone.»

PJ Cole spent his childhood fleeing danger and sharing his parents with hundreds of former child soldiers caught up in Sierra Leone's brutal civil war.

The one instance of a sympathetic character within the bloodshed is Benjamin (Basil Wallace), who helps former child soldiers recover, but even he becomes a victim of the violence.

The charity specifically uses former child soldiers and those affected by Sierra Leone's civil war to do its work.

Emmanuel Jal, a Sudanese musician and former child soldier says, «in a way [this Invisible Children campaign] robbed the dignity of the people of Northern Uganda».

According to him, about 144 former child soldiers took control of the hilltop office in Kathmandu after a two - day national assembly.

Produced by a group of well - known filmmakers, such as Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, this movie stars former child soldiers and lost boys, as well as the children of real - life Sudanese refugees.

Many former child soldiers do not have access to the educational programs, vocational training, family reunification, or even food and shelter that they need to successfully rejoin civilian society.

Skyjack, the sequel to The Freedom Broker (2017), finds kidnap expert Thea escorting two former child soldiers when their plane is hijacked.

Emily explains, «I had prior experience advocating for former child soldiers, human trafficking survivors, vulnerable women, and displaced persons.

She has worked closely with the Trauma Healing and Reconciliation Program in Monrovia, Liberia, focusing on reintegrating former Child Soldiers into the community.

The risk and protective factors associated with PTSD symptom change among former child soldiers in Sierra Leone were investigated.

PJ Cole spent his childhood fleeing danger and sharing his parents with hundreds of former child soldiers... More

A Christian from Sierra Leone who helps former child soldiers and victims of Ebola has addressed the... More

In a study in Nepal, being affiliated with a political movement appeared to protect mental health among former child soldiers.

Speaking about the crisis, he said: «Today a group of these former child soldiers with whom I shared my life are standing shoulder to shoulder with me.

A Christian from Sierra Leone who helps former child soldiers and victims of Ebola has addressed the Queen and thousands of others at a service in Westminster Abbey.

It's not signed by Bruce Springsteen, but by the former child soldiers in Uganda who enrolled in a school Goff helped start.

World Vision Children of War Reintegration Centre has helped rehabilitate and reintegrate nearly 15,000 former child soldiers and children born in captivity in the past decade.

Jason feels responsible for «the boys» in his life: his biological son Gavin as well as a Jacob, a former child soldier that Jason met while in Uganda.

Placements last year included a mother with a five - year - old who had never been to London and a former child soldier.

Some programs worked in one country but failed in another: Teaching emotional regulation to former child soldiers in Sierra Leone improved their social relationships, for example, whereas a similar effort for Palestinian children increased symptoms of PTSD.

He was a former child soldier who ruthlessly slaughtered his enemies and thus was granted the nickname «Jack the Ripper».

There's certainly no disputing that one of the breakout stars of Cannes this year is Antonythasan Jesuthasan, a former child soldier with the Sri Lankan militant group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, who fled the country in the late 1980s and eventually made his way to France, where he became an acclaimed playwright, essayist and novelist.

Raiden, a former child soldier Solidus had secretly been training, is sent on what he believes to be a virtuous mission: stopping Solid Snake, a former agent gone rogue, from stealing a Metal Gear.

A former child soldier in Sierra Leone recalls the heart - wrenching experiences that transformed him from an innocent 12 - year - old into a cold - blooded killer.

For instance, Ndale, an 11 - year - old Congolese boy and former child soldier, now demonstrates with children against conscription.

74 - year - old Ashley Miller, a former child soldier of the German army in World War II, spends what should have been his old age in peaceful isolation: he keeps his lawn up to neighborhood standards, listens to records, sticks to his diet, longs for the faces that have left his life... and hasn't aged a day since 1942.

The image was broadcast earlier this week during an interview with Emmanuel Jal, a former child soldier who grew up to become a hip - hop artist (thanks, Kotaku).

You're staring at a former child soldier.

In 2010 Shames was named a Purpose Prize Fellow for his work helping these AIDs orphans, former child soldiers, and children living in refugee camps

The case of Omar Khadr — a Canadian citizen and former child soldier — is a stain upon our society and shows a blatant disregard for Canada's obligations under international law.

Mental health problems, subjective WE and PWE contexts were assessed by local adaptations of internationally developed measures for use with former child soldiers at least 6 years after the end of the war.

Conclusions PWE are a key determinant of continued mental health problems in former child soldiers.

Method WAYS is an ongoing study of a large cohort of former child soldiers being conducted in Uganda.

The couple have one daughter, Gaia, 13, and a son, Tindyebwa Agaba, 26, a former child soldier from Rwanda whom they informally adopted when he was 16.