Essays Tagged: "child soldiers"

Narrative about a homeless soldier.

r a safe and speedy return. Eight weeks later David was on a transport plane with fifty-nine other child soldiers. They were being sent to Saigon.David spent three years in the lush jungles of Vi ... ent to Saigon.David spent three years in the lush jungles of Vietnam. Soldiers, old men, women, children; he saw them all die. The earth was red with blood. Faces of the dead haunted David in wa ...

(4 pages) 77 0 3.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Focusing on Liberian Human Rights Violations

the power to do whatever it wants, whether it is arresting and torturing innocent people or sending children to fight in their army. The Liberian government also does not allow its citizens to work wi ... eatings, and torture of citizens. Civilians have been raped and forced into labor. Large numbers of children have been involved in the Civil War as child soldiers." (Payne). There are many possible wa ...

(6 pages) 77 1 2.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights

Child Soldiers: An Expos

"About Child Soldiers." Amnesty International USA. 2009. Amnesty International USA. 30 Apr. 2009 .Beah, Ish ... ah, Ishmael. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2007."CHILD SOLDIERS Vital Statistics Life on the front line." CHILD SOLDIERS. UNICEF. 3 May 2009 ."Commun ... ics Life on the front line." CHILD SOLDIERS. UNICEF. 3 May 2009 ."Community Reintegration of Former Child Soldiers Promotes Psychosocial Healing." International Rescue Committee. 2009. International R ...

(13 pages) 24 0 5.0 Feb/2010

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Discussion of Former Child Soldiers With Ptsd and the Available Treatment Methods

In the text article, "Childhood's End", a journalist describes his visit to Northern Uganda. (Hitchens, 2006) The purpose ... eph Kony. For nineteen years, Joseph Kony has been terrorizing Ugandan villages in order to enslave children in his army. Many of these children are forced to become soldiers who then continue the ons ... e throughout Uganda. When travelling through Uganda, Christopher Hitchens was able to talk to local children either in rehab centers or in their villages. One child shared with him his experience of b ...

(8 pages) 42 0 0.0 Apr/2010

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Child Soldiers Speech

Child Soldiers SpeechWest Africa has many "third world" countries. Since medieval times there has be ... est Africa constantly has wars and there is a shortage of people over 18 and a high mortality rate, children are often used as soldiers.The government, rebel groups, and paramilitary militias would of ... overnment, rebel groups, and paramilitary militias would often abduct children and force them to be child soldiers. Often, they use fear as a weapon. They frequently brutally kill people so others are ...

(3 pages) 40 0 4.0 Apr/2010

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Global Macro Practice in Human Services

only in the United States, but also around the world.Trafficking in humans comes in various forms; children are also trafficked for purposes of child labor and child soldiers. Men are also being traf ... urposes of child labor and child soldiers. Men are also being trafficking, but it is more women and children. Between one and two million women and children are trafficked each year worldwide for forc ...

(6 pages) 11 0 0.0 May/2011

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies