Sign up. “Heh heh… No mercy not even for family.”“Joash shoot your father! Without him he was without hope. In 2013, the United Nations provided a plan that would eliminate the use of child soldiers by 2016, nations including:  South Sudan, Myanmar, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan and Chad have already signed their commitment. The issue of child soldiers is a monumental one. From where Joash was sitting it looked far more serious. We offer a variety of ways to make your voice heard. Every child was silent. Mered you have no business being here. Chapter One: Lost in the Light. Sierra Leon’s Revolutionary United Front (RUF). Meet other Global Citizens who care about the same issues you do. This was the inspiration for this story.Joash: He who despairs or burns.Mered: Rebellious or ruling.Naphtali: fight back or struggles with.Shobach: chains or bonds. He is … The story is told through the eyes of Komona, a 12 year-old girl, who must mature and survive as she navigates her dangerous world. They were also known for taking children and developing them into soldiers. Please contact us at contact@globalcitizen.org if you would like to re-activate your account. Joash: Child SoldierHis belly was full and his eyes were heavy. All soldiers in the bunker were in action in half a second, motioning their riffles in a new quest. They were an army that supposedly was attempting to return Africa to its rightful owners. All this horror is happening because of the many armed conflicts tearing societies apart around the world. Themselves! These are good people do not hurt them anymore. When child soldiers escape battle, they can be rehabilitated and regain their youthful optimism. They drove the children out of Naphtali never to be seen as children again. Sign in to start taking action. Debates about the status of child soldiers under international law have tended to concentrate on legal culpability. Beasts of No Nation does a good job at showing this complexity and plasticity of emotion. A gun was placed behind Joash’s head. He’s with an encampment of soldiers at Shiloh. Joash’s hand clasped the metallic weapon and out of fear he…BANG… Joash’s father fell to the ground face flat into the dirt. Send petitions, emails, or tweets to world leaders. A fourteen-year-old boy is awakened by a sound at midnight. Thanks for signing up as a global citizen. You be silent!” Joash’s father crept out of the house and silently walked towards the man known as Mered. Of Multiverses and Child Soldiers. Anytime a filmmaker approaches this subject, however, the goal should be to go beyond the violence to explore issues that are often overlooked: gender-based violence, exploitation of resource-rich nations, nation building, the complexity of childhood emotion and the absurdity of war. Joash, a young brown hair and hazel-eyed villager laid back. Johnny Mad Dog’s story begins in the final weeks of the Liberian Civil War: It is 2003 and a “Small Boys Unit” is tearing through Liberia’s towns and villages, recruiting, looting and terrorizing as they prepare to take the capital, Monrovia, and overthrow warlord-president Charles Taylor. If your Facebook account does not have an attached e-mail address, you'll need to add that before you can sign up. Naphtali did not notice the insects fall silent nor did she see the smattering of silhouetted birds escaping into the crisp blue night.FLASH! But he wanted to find an innovative format through which to tell their stories. You hear me? At the start of the movie, Agu happily lives with his family, blissfully unaware of the conflict raging on the horizon. “Very good boy. Heavy droplets of water fell from the heavens to splash down against the ground and into the ocean beside which Young Justice was engaged in a vicious battle with some of Gotham's many criminals. She dreamed of being an economist and says she played with her toddler son and baby daughter as if they were toys. Beyond this, child soldiers are an incredibly diverse group. A red-headed teenager groaned as the small child laying on his chest grabbed his neck in a death grip, frightened by the loud noise. But this is a misleading and harmful representation. The soldiers have rifles and shields; he only has his drum and two sticks.