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Children soldiers are mostly used for infantry,clearing mine fields,sex slaves, and shields. Some reasons they join are to avenge family members who died, make some money to survive, to avoid marriages, or they don’t have a choice in joining. The average age is between 14-18 but some kids as young as 9 have been found too. DDR (demobilization, disarmament, and reintegration) assists former child soldiers to return to their communities and learn new skills. They usually live in harsh conditions with little food and no healthcare, they are often beat too for not doing things right. Many kids died from the beatings. Wars( Civil war, Vietnam, Korea, African conflicts, Current day in the middle east, Sierra Leone) Forces will come to camps destory the camps and take all of the little kids so that they can help them fight in there army. They will give them drugs so that they become very dependent on them and so they get addicted and then they wont leave the army because they need the drugs. Child Soldiers are usually given drug or “blessed” items to convince them they are invincible.
 * General Information:**


 * Case Studies:**
 * Sierra Leone- Child Soldiers**
 * Somalia- Child Soldiers**
 * Uganda- Child Soldiers**


 * Resources:**
 * http://www.child-soldiers.org/childsoldiers/some-facts**