Future+of+the+Issue-CS

As time goes on, there doesn't seem to be many glimmers of hope for these child soldiers. The foreseeable future looks rather bleak. Rebel groups are unlikely to give up their positions, and release the kids back into (what were supposed to be) their normal lives. It seems like whatever the governments try to do have little to no effect on the rebel groups' perspectives. Kids will continue to choose between joining the militia or dying. They won't get the education they need. The education they deserve. They won't be able to experience everything that comes with being a kid. They're already deprived of enough in African countries like the DRC and Sudan. To take away a stable childhood from the innocent children of Africa is simply too much. As long as fighting is the only way for these kids to eat, there is not much hope for getting these kids out of armies. As hopeless as it looks, we cannot just sit by watching these child soldiers go to war. It seems that many international groups are shy of saying who is using child soldiers and even more shy about doing anything about it. To help these child soldiers we need to start taking actions against the people using child soldiers. We need to tell them to stop using them, and then force them to stop using them if they don't. We can force them to stop through use of embargos if it a nation, an embargo would cripple their economy and they would have to stop. If it is not a government, these large groups of nations and people could arrest members of the criminal groups using child soldiers when they are spotted and rescue child soldiers when they see them. This plan would be difficult to execute, but it is better than just filing report after report about it. Another plan would be to discourage kids from joining the militias by running recruiting drives for the UN or the AU in the same place as the militias recruit. The UN and AU certainly needs people to do certain tasks, and if the UN and AU can provide these kids with job training while they are kids (this is education) and a real job when they get older, that would be fantastic. Alternatively, the UN or some international and well funded group could provide incentive for kids to go to school. They could make it so that if you went to school, you could get free food. Many child soldiers fight only because there is no other way for them to eat and have shelter, but if we can provide that and get them to go to school, then this will improve Africa and every country in Africa in the long run.