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    Child soldiers are used for several reasons: they are small and hard to shoot; easy to obtain through kidnapping; and obedient and easy to control. They have been used in conflicts around the world, particularly in Africa (Sierra Leone, Mali), the Middle East (Syria), and South America. Notable examples include Ishmael Beah, who was a child soldier in Sierra Leone, and Joseph Kony, who was accused of kidnapping children in Uganda to fight for his rebel group. The use of child soldiers has devastating cultural, social, psychological, and political impacts.

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    Child soldiers are used for several reasons: they are small and hard to shoot; easy to obtain through kidnapping; and obedient and easy to control. They have been used in conflicts around the world, particularly in Africa (Sierra Leone, Mali), the Middle East (Syria), and South America. Notable examples include Ishmael Beah, who was a child soldier in Sierra Leone, and Joseph Kony, who was accused of kidnapping children in Uganda to fight for his rebel group. The use of child soldiers has devastating cultural, social, psychological, and political impacts.

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    Child soldiers are used for several reasons: they are small and hard to shoot; easy to obtain through kidnapping; and obedient and easy to control. They have been used in conflicts around the world, particularly in Africa (Sierra Leone, Mali), the Middle East (Syria), and South America. Notable examples include Ishmael Beah, who was a child soldier in Sierra Leone, and Joseph Kony, who was accused of kidnapping children in Uganda to fight for his rebel group. The use of child soldiers has devastating cultural, social, psychological, and political impacts.

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    Child Soldiers

    By Parker Kvenvold and Connor Martin


    Why are child soldiers
    used?
    Small
    Harder to shoot
    Easy to obtain

    Kidnapping
    Join for Protection
    Surviving
    Avenge/Protect family
    Why are they used? (cont.)
    Obedient
    Easy to control
    Strip of Humanity
    Quick Learners

    Hard-wired
    Mind placidity
    Where are they used?
    America
    Civil War/Independence
    Africa

    Sierra Leone
    Syria

    ISIS/ISL
    Great Britain

    WWI
    Warsaw Uprising/WWII

    *They have been used anywhere really


    Where are they used?
    (Map)
    Sierra Leone
    Government
    Joined in the fight with AFRC
    AFRC

    Armed Forces Revolutionary Council


    RUF

    Revolutionary United Front


    Unquestioning Obedience
    Extreme Cruelty
    Small Boys Unit (SBU)
    Syria/Mali
    ISIS/ISL
    Convert/ Kidnapping
    Go to schools to take children
    MUJAO/MOJWA

    Movement for oneness and


    Jihad in West Africa
    Similar to ISIS
    Militant organization
    Once apart of Al-Queda
    A Long Way Gone
    Ishmael Beah
    Child Soldier
    12-15
    Leader of Child Soldier Unit
    Drugged
    Considered a role-model
    Scarred from the war
    Months of rehabilitation to
    become normal
    Talks about child soldiers in the UN
    A Long Way Gone (cont.)
    Ishmael Beahs Friends
    Ones who didnt die, became soldiers
    Same unit
    Enjoyed killing together
    Humanity is cut of
    Months of Recovery
    Cultural Impact
    Death
    Everything from old life is taken

    Songs
    Dances
    Religious practices
    Social Impact
    Less trusting of adults
    Adults were less trusting
    Limited childhood
    Fewer relationships
    Psychological support
    Family Reunification Network
    Political Impact
    Uneducated People
    Low Economy
    Limited Politicians
    War Crimes
    Joseph Kony
    Brought to trial
    Accused of kidnapping children
    Forcing them to fight

    Recruiting Child Soldiers


    Considered a crime anywhere
    Sources
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/global_crime_r
    eport/investigation/soldiers1.shtml

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_use_of_children
    www.globalization101.org/child-soldiers/

    http
    ://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/02/23/mali-islamic-radicals-re
    cruited-child-soldiers-at-madrassa-schools-in-gao/

    http://www.crimesofwar.org/a-z-guide/child-soldiers/

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