The Reintegration and Rehabilitation of Child Soldiers Child soldiers are a global phenomenon. Children engage in armed conflict, commit atrocities, and are brutalized themselves. When child soldiers are demobilized, the challenges are overwhelming. The Role of NGOs in the Repatriation of Refugees Large scale repatriation of refugees is a challenge for countries devastated by sustained armed hostilities, economically fragile, socially conflicted, and ecologically damaged.
Governments frequently face multiple demands which require resources beyond their capacities.
Through comparative case studies this project will examine how NGOs work to build the political, economic and social conditions for a sustainable peace in the context of the return and reintegration of large numbers of vulnerable people into equally vulnerable communities. The intersection between disarmament, debt, and development provides the context within which people struggle to build a hopeful, sustainable, economically viable life. The hope of disarmament, the burden of the international debt, and the enticement of development are explored in a series of manuscripts. The final manuscripts in this long standing project was published in 1996. This project explored the role of churches and other Christian groups working on human rights issues in Guatemala.