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War Child Holland’s Child Soldiers report “The Shadow Of Their Existence“
 Each year, 300,000 children worldwide are actively deployed in wars. By publishing this report, War Child wants to place child soldiers in the spotlight. The report provides insight into the situation in which they live and addresses the question of how and why they became child soldiers.
This report focuses on the plight of child soldiers in Colombia, which has been embroiled in a civil war for more than 50 years. The war receives only scant attention in the Western media, and sometimes seems to have been forgotten altogether.
 Read more & download the report
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
 A Long Way Gone is Ishmael Beah’s story of a childhood lost during the civil war in Sierra Leone. Written in his own words, it recounts how he survived what many would find hard to even imagine. Fleeing his village to escape rebel attacks, being coerced into joining the conflict, and being forced to commit heinous acts of violence.
This was Beah’s life for over three years until he was put into a child soldier rehabilitation program which gave him a chance to start making sense of his experience.
On the 21st of September, the Day of Peace, Ishmael Beah will be raising attention to the fate of childsoldiers worldwide together with War Child Holland in Amsterdam.
Read more about the book
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 War Child Holland projects reach more than 650.000 children in 2005
 War Child Holland introduced a new measurement system for the programmes in 14 countries.
In the first results it was shown that the War Child Holland projects in 13 countries reach more than 650,000 children.
This does not mean our work is done. On the contrary, there are millions and millions of children still living in abominable circumstances. And YOU can HELP WAR CHILD TO HELP.
See the map & read more about Child & Youth Reach 2005
Read more about the War Child Holland project approach
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Projects in Uganda
 The conflict in the North has uprooted an estimated 1.7 million people (including some 935,000 children).
As part of their international cooperation War Child Holland and War Child Canada are working closely for the children of Northern Uganda, in Kitgum, Gulu and Lira districts.
Read more about the Ugandan projects:
War Child Holland
War Child Canada
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