Sentences with phrase «of former child soldiers»

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

«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.

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.

Not exact matches

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

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.

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

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».

No fewer than 144 ex-Maoist child soldiers have been arrested by Nepal police following protests at the headquarters of their former party on Tuesday, a spokesman for Kathmandu police office, disclosed.

Former General Officer Commanding 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Kaduna, Major General Kamaldeen Role on Saturday commended late Brigadier General Solomon Giwa Amu, the former Aide De Camp (ADC) to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, for his impact in the education of children of soldiers in the barracks commFormer General Officer Commanding 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Kaduna, Major General Kamaldeen Role on Saturday commended late Brigadier General Solomon Giwa Amu, the former Aide De Camp (ADC) to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, for his impact in the education of children of soldiers in the barracks commformer Aide De Camp (ADC) to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, for his impact in the education of children of soldiers in the barracks commformer President Olusegun Obasanjo, for his impact in the education of children of soldiers in the barracks community.

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.

Visiting a UNICEF site which helps look after child soldiers, former abductees of the Lord's Resistance Army.

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.

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.

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.

Creators Christos Gage may have created a new genre, «geezer noir,» with his graphic novel Sunset, the tale of an old soldier and former hitman who sets off after his old boss when he fears his ex-wife and child are in peril: ««He's got this craggy face and you see his life written in the lines of his face, and black and white makes that so much more powerful,» the writer says.

The work is based on the personal narratives of six individuals who have fled their countries in response to a range of oppressive conditions: Sarah Ezzat Mardini, who escaped war - torn Syria, José Maria João, a former child soldier from Angola; Mamy Maloba Langa, a survivor from the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Shabeena Saveri, an Indian transgender activist; Luis Nava, a political dissident from Venezuela; and Farah Abdi Mohamed, a young atheist from Somalia.

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.