U.S. to spend $13 million on former child soldiers. (Child & Family).WASHINGTON -- The U.S. will spend $13 million on global initiatives to help educate, rehabilitate and reintegrate re·in·te·grate tr.v. re·in·te·grat·ed, re·in·te·grat·ing, re·in·te·grates To restore to a condition of integration or unity. re former child soldiers, The initiative includes a $7 million for the International Labor Organization's Program on the Elimination of Child Labor child labor, use of the young as workers in factories, farms, and mines. Child labor was first recognized as a social problem with the introduction of the factory system in late 18th-century Great Britain. that will develop strategies to help former child soldiers in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Colombia. The other $6 million will be spent on a project that addresses education needs of former child soldiers and children living in northern Uganda and a project that will be implemented by UNICEF UNICEF (y  `nĭsĕf'), the United Nations Children's Fund, an affiliated agency of the United Nations. for education and reintegration reintegration /re·in·te·gra·tion/ (-in-te-gra´shun)1. biological integration after a state of disruption. 2. restoration of harmonious mental function after disintegration of the personality in mental illness. of children in Afghanistan. |
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