This list of online resources will serve to provide background and ongoing education on the issue of child soldiers.

Though it is impossible to obtain accurate figures, it is predicted that between 250,000-300,000 children participate in armed conflict at any one given time. Children in conflict zones are in need of protection from being recruited into armed groups, and former child soldiers who return from armed conflict are in need of concrete plans for reintegration and rehabilitation into their communities (or new communities, if they so wish).

Huffington Post article by Travis Rejman and Bishop Ochola calling for the International Criminal Court to send former child soldier Dominic Ongwen home to face restorative justice.

With millions of views so far this week, the super viral Kony 2012 video is clearly raising awareness of the horrors of the LRA in Uganda. But is the Kony 2012 campaign a good idea?

This annotated bibliography highlights useful articles on issues related to child soldiers and their reintegration into communities.

Report from the 2007 Goldin Institute event in Bogata, Colombia focused on Reintegration & Prevention: Breaking the Cycle of Violence for Ex-Combatants and Vulnerable Children and Youth.

The Fundación para la Reconciliación is a leader in forgiveness and reconciliation training and child soldier reintegration. Through the ESPERE program, they have been key partner in Colombia as well as a consultative partner in Uganda.

Arigatou International is a global, faith-based, NGO committed to building a better world for children and a key partner in all of the Goldin Institute's work in East Africa.