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The Government Army hands over children that have escaped from the Lord’s Resistance Army to the centre. Because many of them are undernourished when they arrive, they first get a plate of food.
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Due to undernourishment, some escaped or liberated children can barely walk. They get specially adapted, vitamin-rich food. |
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Many child soldiers who return from abduction have scars of beatings and torture. |
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Other children come back with bullet wounds sustained during fights. Richard (12 years old) was hit by three bullets. Moreover, rebels carved him in the face with a bayonet.
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Many have wounds at their feet because they walked barefoot through elephant grass and thorn-bushes for days on end ... |
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The most serious cases are brought to hospital in Gulu or Kampala, such as this 14-year old girl, Christine. Rebels burned her whole family alive. She was the only survivor. |