A young boy stands in league with a crowd of older foot soldiers in Myanmar.

Two Maoist rebels from India march with guns.

A girl with a gun rides to the front lines in Myanmar A girl with a gun rides to the front lines in Myanmar. She is a part of the Special Woman's Unit.

A child soldier shows off his gun to the camera.

A boy carrying a rocket launcher stands among his soldier friends.

A boy soldier from Congo pushes his gun aside and laughs for a minute.

Girls in dresses get trained in how to use machine guns.

This girl is a part of the Special Woman's Unit in Myanmar This girl is a part of the Special Woman's Unit in Myanmar. About 40% of all child soldiers are female.

A young boy with two guns stands unnoticed next to older people in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Two friends smiling in the streets of Iraq; one with a gun, both out of school.

A boy in Sri Lanka holds a gun and stands on a truck.

Girls in Sri Lanka sit in the front of a crowd holding guns.

Child Soldiers Evaluative Response Directions: Complete one of the following written responses. Your response should be a minimum of two pages (front and back of sheet). Imagine yourself as a child soldier in Africa. Describe your experiences and discuss how these impacted your life. Write a personal response to the information. Be descriptive about how the information and pictures made you feel about the use of child soldiers in Africa and around the world. Write a letter to a government leader in Africa asking them to stop using child soldiers. Your letter should include reasons why they should stop using child soldiers and possible ways to solve the country’s internal conflicts (other than war or using child soldiers). Write a letter to the United Nations (UN) asking them to help end the use of child soldiers in Africa and other areas around the world. Your letter should include a description of the problem (child soldiers) and possible ways that the UN could convince, or even force countries to stop using child soldiers.