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Children witness, suffer and are forced to commit appalling acts of violence. Picture by William.

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Children witness, suffer and are forced to commit appalling acts of violence. Picture by William.

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  1. An estimated 30,000 children from northern Uganda are missing, presumed abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to a life of sex slavery or fighting. A lucky few of the children in Uganda escaped and the drawings they made during rehabilitation are a powerful testimony to their endurance and hope.

  2. According to Claire O’Kane in “The Development of Participatory Techniques”, there is a “the methodological shift in research methods, from approaches which view children as ‘objects of concern’, to methods which engage children as ‘active participants”

  3. The Gusco Rehabilitation Centre has worked to rehabilitate nearly 2,500 children who have escaped from the LRA. • Gusco reunites escaped children with their familiesThey are brought to a centre in Gulu where workers try to create a bridge from the violence and horror of the children's past to reintegration into their communities. • One of the therapeutic methods employed is to get children to draw pictures of both their past, their present in the rehabilitation centre, and what they would like for their future.

  4. . Children witness, suffer and are forced to commit appalling acts of violence. Picture by William.

  5. "Many people were captured and when one failed to walk was killed. See one being killed." Goeffry.

  6. As soon as children can hold a gun they are forced to fight. Picture by Joseph.

  7. Rehabilitation involves relearning basic social skills like playing. Picture by Beatrice, 15

  8. Having enough to eat and drink is a highlight of freedom.

  9. Beatrice, 15, hopes to be a doctor when she grows up

  10. This is Odoch's house, and he has come home.

  11. All pictures from "Where is my home? Children in war" - drawings and words of abducted, displaced and refugee children in northern Uganda produced by AVSI, Gusco, Red Barnet, Unicef and World Vision.

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