UNICEF helps free child soldiers in Central African Republic paid UNICEFUSA
In a country 80% controlled by warlords, . Some are used as soldiers; others are exploited as cooks, porters, messengers and spies. Girls often suffer horrific sexual and physical abuse.
"They said I was lucky because I was a girl and they didn't want to harm us," she recalls."In that moment, I decided that I had to flee. To find my family, to leave this group, to abandon them. After his father died, Laurent* joined an armed group. He was only 15 years old. "It was to protect myself and earn money so I could support myself because I was poor," he explains.
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