Australian drama group to rehabilitate Ugandan child soldiers

Actors, musicians and theatre techs have an opportunity to do their bit to change the world through a creative international aid project.
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 Image:Children of Peace Uganda

Imaginative play is an everyday experience for most children across the world. I remember making pirate ships of fallen gums and playing beaver’swimming through the misty quagmire of  the neighbouring farmer’s vat of soya beans.

But these are not the childhood memories of thousands of children abducted and forced to fight in wars.  Imagine your child being abducted and forced to fight a war they have no reason to fight. Imagine your eight year-old daughter being given as a ‘wife’ to a military commander.[1] Imagine your child being captured trying to escape, and other children are forced to kill them to set an example.[2] Imagine your child trying to re-enter society after years of intimidation and violence.

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Phoebe Wilson
About the Author
Phoebe Wilson is the founder and director of Project Phoenix. Seven years ago, and just out of school, she toured India with a theatre production of ‘Conference of the Birds.’ After seeing the joy on the children’s faces she decided that one day she would return but this time to involve the children in a production. Years later, and on another continent, Project Phoenix is ready to take flight.