Roles Of Children

In England today It is an extreme rarity that children do not get to behave like children.

They get to play everyday, do what they want (within reason), and be who they want, And have done for a long time. 

•In Central Africa between 2001 – 2003 children served in armed rebel groups.

•In the Democratic Republic of The Congo, At the end of the Second Congo war 1998 – 2003 The UN estimated that more than 30,000 children were fighting with various parties. 

•In Rwanda Child soldiers were used by the government in 2002

•In Somalia from 1991 – 2004 it is estimated that 200,000 children either carried arms or had been recruited by militants.

•In the Philippines Children are recruited by rebel forces, including the New People's Army, and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. An estimated 13 per cent of the 10,000 soldiers in the Moro Islamic Liberation Front are children.

•Uganda – The war in Northern Uganda 1986 – 2006 an estimated 35,000 children were dragged from their homes, tied up, and marched to rebel hideouts. There, they were initiated into the Army's cult-like culture through a combination of religious indoctrination, traumatizing abuse, and forced to participate in extremely brutal violence.