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(Far left) This vignette made by a female child combatant’s mother reflects the rejection, distrust, and fear former child combatants face from their communities as represented by crossed out family members and school, church, and hospital buildings.

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(Left of the main figure’s head) This drawing, made by a female child combatant’s mother who is portrayed as a smaller figure with a line going to her daughter’s ear. An “X” and a question mark at the end of the line indicate that the mother’s advice does not reach her child, illustrates communication problems.

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(Left side of the main figure) A circle with a small person inside illustrates a girl carrying a baby in her womb. This drawing made by a female child combatant’s mother highlights the victimization of girls in the combatant camps where they ran the risk of becoming pregnant.

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(Far left) SIDA (AIDS in French): for female child combatants sexual violence could result in infections and disease, such as AIDS.

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(Far left) KILONDA TUMBU (stomach ulcer in Kiswahili): the former child combatants described extreme pain or “knives in the stomach” as a result of starvation.

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(Far right) This drawing made by a male child combatant’s mother shows a former combatant’s hand holding goods that were commonly pillaged: a house, a chicken, and crops, along with a flower, which expresses the desire for positive relationships .

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(Top right) Sitting atop a chair, the former child combatant is drawn much larger than the other children below.

This vignette illustrates how some male former child combatants intimidated other children when they returned to school.

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(Right side of the main figure) Aggression was one of the ways the returning male child combatants coped. One mother drew a heart with “a knife and a rock to show the anger…”