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Special
Project to Support the Demobilization, Reintegration and Recruitment Prevention
of child Ex-Combatants in Burundi UNICEF
This
project aims to achieve the following three objectives:
- Demobilization
of 90% (2,700) of all child soldiers that are currently part of the
Burundian national army, the Gardiens de la Paix and the two rebel factions
of Jean Bosco Ndayikengurukiye (CNDD-FDD) and Alain Mugabarabona (FNL-PALIPEHUTU)
with which the government recently signed ceasefires.
- Reintegration
of all demobilized child soldiers into their communities within eighteen
months, which will include: (i) preparation of communities receiving
demobilized child soldiers; (ii) support to vulnerable biological families
receiving demobilized child soldiers; (iii) support to community-based
care arrangements for demobilized child soldiers without primary care
givers such as through foster families and small children's homes; (iv)
enrolling all demobilized child soldiers in appropriate education and
learning pursuits; (v) support todemobilized child soldiers in need
of special care, such as those who are HIV/AIDS-infected, severely traumatized,
etc.; (vi) provision of community-based psychosocial support to address
the mental health problems of demobilized children and their families;
(vii) support to quick, high-impact projects for youth participation,
such as involvement in community services, apprenticeships, small business,
sports, cultural activities, etc.
- Establishment
and operationalization of mechanisms to exclude children from recruitment
practices by all parties to the conflict within 18 months. This
will entail the following activities: (i) sensitization and awareness-raising
of military, rebel, and critical civilian stakeholders on the normative
frameworks that protect children and criminalize their recruitment and
participation in armed hostilities; (ii) formulation by the Government
and rebels of credible and enforceable policies for the prohibition
of child recruitment; (iii) monitoring of recruitment practices within
the Government army, the Gardiens de la Paix, and by rebel groups to
ensure that children are excluded.
Status:
Grant Agreement between UNICEF and the World Bank has been signed. The
first tranche of approximately US$1.7 million was disbursed in November
2004.
Amount: US$3,536,000
Review
of Government child soldier program
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