but without any ID card at the time, she was unable to work. She remains unemployed after injuring herself when a tractor tyre fell on her arm. While she's happy, it's clear those days still haunt her. She doesn't want to get married because she feels safer at home with her parents. So she spends her days helping her mother around the house. These children also continue to face social isolation. One agency, who works with former child combatants, says many children like Tsharsika still face intimidation from the armed forces. For girls, in the beginning, it was especially hard as they could be easily identified as former soldiers due to their short hair. Many other children would avoid them, for fear of being harassed as well. OVER in Mullaitivu, on the north-eastern coast of Sri Lanka and the last battleground during the end of the 26-year civil war, Thiruesh Kumar is also trying to rebuild his life. He's positive about the future, despite so many around him still living in makeshift huts. The strongly built 20-year-old has a kind face, but behind his eyes lie memories that no child should ever have to endure. First recruited by the LTTE at 15, there were many times he thought he'd never see his family again. They were finally reunited, but again separated as they fled the final firefight in 2009. Due to Thiruesh's background in the LTTE, he was taken from his parents and sent to an army camp. He was