Representatives from an organization started by formerly abducted child soldiers address students

Moses Okello was abducted by the LRA and was the sole survivor among 25 classmates that were abducted as a group. Upon returning to the community, he saw a greater need for formerly abducted child soldiers to actively support their peers. The product of this idea is the Information for Youth Empowerment Program (IYEP), a local NGO that works in IDP camps to form peace groups. The program seeks to empower returnees, a group that has faced discrimination from the community, by training them to provide outreach in the camps. IYEP is on their way to forming 30 peace groups this year alone, in addition to providing life skills training, working with child mothers, and dealing with education issues.

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