As I am going to Nepal on Friday, everything that is currently in the media about Nepal is an interest to me. Sky News had a special feature today. It was about teenagers who had been aducted by the Maos and forced to be soldiers.
It was a sad story because the boys, some younger than ten years old had been kidnapped and had their childhood stolen. They had learned to use guns, make bombs and kill people.
The report took us to a safe house on the outskirts of Kathmandu and we heard a number of interviews by kids who had managed to get out of the army.
I'm hearing the same things in Sri Lanka, a country that I visit quite often. The Tamil Tigers abduct children and use then as cannon fodder.
On Thursday a German lady who works in Uganda is coming to visit me. She runs a home for kids who have got away from the army. The "Lord's resistance army" is doing the same thing as the Tigers or as the Maos. Sad.
But its no use just sitting around complaining that its dark. Let switch the light on!
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