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This report follows a study initiated by the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child soldiers in which 116 children and youth reflect upon their experiences following abduction by the Lords Resistance Army (LRA). They reveal the hardships and abuse they endured in the bush, the complexity of their emotional outcomes, and their physical, social, emotional and economic needs. They express articulately their ideas on how communities might better be prepared to welcome future returning children, and how reintegration services can foster the children’s own adjustment to life outside of an armed group prior to them returning to their communities. The authors hope that their report will facilitate these children’s views being heard as forthcoming reintegration initiatives for LRA returnees are prepared in the context of ongoing peace negotiations in Uganda. The report, which is attached, can also be found at: www.child-soldiers.org/psycho-social Further information
Owner: Vera Chrobok and Andrew S. Akutupdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/LRA.pdf