There are many charities which are set up to help child soldiers; getting them out of combat, giving the a safe place to live and an education. In an interview with Jean-Stephane Sauvaire the director of Johnny Mad Dog, he explains that the ex-child soldiers aren't interested in education because they don't see themselves having a future. They live each day as if it is their last because they believe that they are more likely to die the next day than go on and have a successful career. These charities want the ex-child soldiers to realise they have a right to an education as much as anyone else and that they can go on to be successful.
A lot of the campaigns used by charities highlight what a child should be doing against what these child soldiers are doing.
Child Soldiers International (formally The Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers)
Amnesty International
Help Child Soldiers (Candian division of War Child)
Unicef
Invisible Children
The Protection Plan from INVISIBLE CHILDREN on Vimeo.
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