War Against Children Research Paper

War conflicts has a been a major problem factor around the world among countries because of disagreements which can lead to a horrific battle just like Sierra Leone. This is impossible to stop but certainly can find ways to minimize the issues. Many young children of Sierra Leone are being recruited to become a solider to fight fearlessly to protect the lives of others being affected. They have no other option but to participate in the violence of war at a young age. The lives of these children are not mentality and physically prepared to venture into a life of chaos and violence. These petrified, cowardice, and unprepared children of Sierra Leone are being brainwashed by the violence of war depriving them living a life of a child. Therefore, having programs at school and activities in the community for these young children will help prevent them from being a soldier in the violence of war.
Children being expose to the violence of war can affect them mentally and physically, which can lead to short and long term effects. "Both during and after conflicts, children remain exposed to the dangers of landmines" ("War against Children" Para. 15). Day by day innocent people of Sierra Leone are dying because of the uncourageous limited military and sadly, these children have to live through it and overcome it to survive. "There was a bullet hole in his forehead, and underneath the stoop lay the bodies of two men whose genitals, limbs, and hands had been chopped off by a machete that was on the ground next to their piled body parts. I vomited and immediately felt feverish, but we had to continue on" (Beah 19). Although these children were eager to escape the violence to live the life of a child, they had no other choice but to stay unless they will get