In the world today, it is estimated that there are more than 300,000 child
soldiers. It is also estimated that anywhere between 120,000 to 200,000 of these
soldiers come from Africa. Clearly, this problem is still very much present in
the world, and will only increase in prevalence unless it is stopped. Still,
despite all the effort that has been put in to combat this issue, there are many
children in the world who are being separated from their families and forced to
commit atrocities, scarring their lives forever. Some must watch as their
parents die, and others are even forced to kill people they love as a means of
conditioning. This problem will not cease anytime soon, but hopefully there will
come a day in the future when children of a region do not have to live in fear
of being forced into war or having to watch everything they love torn away from
them.
With all the members of this team being raised in Chicago and coming from
middle-class to upper-class backgrounds, the information presented about this
issue was shocking and incredibly upsetting. The prevalence of this issue is
widespread to the point of being nauseating, even after Abubacar Sultan had done
so much for so many. To a degree, it feels like his efforts have only made a
small dent in the problem, which does not present a clear and obvious solution.
However, even though this issue may have escalated in the past few decades,
Abubacar Sultan is still an incredibly respectable person and community leader,
and shows that one man, when aided by others, can truly change their community
for the better or worse.
People may never stop using child soldiers, and we believe that the problem will
probably get worse. However, Abubacar Sultan shows what it is to be a leader.
The world as a whole may still be toiling away to fight at the present and
ever-growing threat that child soldiering poses to the common morality we seem
to share, but if one person is capable of shaping their community like he did,
there is hope yet for fighting the issue on a region-by-region basis. This idea
gives hope to us, that if there is a possibility about how to fight this issue,
that there is a chance, albeit a slim one, that this issue could be all but
resolved at some point in time. It gives us hope that one day, no child will
have to wake up in the night worrying about whether people would snatch them up
and force them into a life of pure brutality. To give hope like that is a
beautiful thing, and we wish that we could be leaders like Abubacar Sultan and
inspire people to become pillars of their community, especially for causes like
pollution, poverty, and famine.
soldiers. It is also estimated that anywhere between 120,000 to 200,000 of these
soldiers come from Africa. Clearly, this problem is still very much present in
the world, and will only increase in prevalence unless it is stopped. Still,
despite all the effort that has been put in to combat this issue, there are many
children in the world who are being separated from their families and forced to
commit atrocities, scarring their lives forever. Some must watch as their
parents die, and others are even forced to kill people they love as a means of
conditioning. This problem will not cease anytime soon, but hopefully there will
come a day in the future when children of a region do not have to live in fear
of being forced into war or having to watch everything they love torn away from
them.
With all the members of this team being raised in Chicago and coming from
middle-class to upper-class backgrounds, the information presented about this
issue was shocking and incredibly upsetting. The prevalence of this issue is
widespread to the point of being nauseating, even after Abubacar Sultan had done
so much for so many. To a degree, it feels like his efforts have only made a
small dent in the problem, which does not present a clear and obvious solution.
However, even though this issue may have escalated in the past few decades,
Abubacar Sultan is still an incredibly respectable person and community leader,
and shows that one man, when aided by others, can truly change their community
for the better or worse.
People may never stop using child soldiers, and we believe that the problem will
probably get worse. However, Abubacar Sultan shows what it is to be a leader.
The world as a whole may still be toiling away to fight at the present and
ever-growing threat that child soldiering poses to the common morality we seem
to share, but if one person is capable of shaping their community like he did,
there is hope yet for fighting the issue on a region-by-region basis. This idea
gives hope to us, that if there is a possibility about how to fight this issue,
that there is a chance, albeit a slim one, that this issue could be all but
resolved at some point in time. It gives us hope that one day, no child will
have to wake up in the night worrying about whether people would snatch them up
and force them into a life of pure brutality. To give hope like that is a
beautiful thing, and we wish that we could be leaders like Abubacar Sultan and
inspire people to become pillars of their community, especially for causes like
pollution, poverty, and famine.