Child Soldiers
All over the world, right now, children are being stolen from their carefree childhood days of fun and play and being recruited into militias, paramilitaries, resistance/rebellion forces, government armed forces, armies, and various other military armed groups. Even though this is outlawed by intertational law- the recruitment and use of children under 18 is strictly prohibited and the participation of children under the age of 15 years is committing a war cime. But still, hundreds, or even thousands of children are being given guns and called to arms to fight for a cause many don't even understand. They are abducted at schools, at home, at the park, on the streets- anywhere and everywhere- nowhere is safe. The few who do enlist "voluntarily" do so because they see no other alternative way out. These child soldiers are robbed of the joys of childhood and instead subject to cruel treatment. They are used as human shields, domestic servants, messengers, spies, porters, landmine clearers (they are sent out in front of troops to check if there are any land mines on the path). They are used to carry out horrible atrocities, placed in combat, and are subject of rape and sexual abuse. the experiences they have never leave them and haunt them f They suffer from physical and physchological damage and suffering, and some never heal from their mental and physical scars.