A House with Two Rooms - The Advocates for Human Rights

Another statement giver credited a child soldier with not identifying an adult to his commanders,
thus saving the adult from harm. 198 A third statement giver recounted how a child soldier told his
commander that the child had killed the statement giver, as ordered, when the child soldier had in fact
allowed the statement giver to escape. 199
While children were often quickly and easily abducted or recruited to serve as soldiers, years of
effective treatment are required to repair or remediate the psychological damage suffered as result of
their experiences in a brutal civil war.
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