Coalition To Stop The Use Of Child Soldiers www.child-soldiers.org Exposes the use of child soldiers in many countries and seeks to end the practice, as well as find ways to integrate child soldiers back into their communities.
Free The Children www.freethechildren.com Provides lots of information, firsthand quotes from child victims, useful links, as well as inspiration and guides to take action.
Human Rights Watch www.hrw.org/reports/2005/westafrica0405 Explains the factors that make children vulnerable to being soldiers and how you can help stop this practice. Their detailed report about child soldiers in West Africa, “Youth, Poverty and Blood: The Lethal Legacy of West Africa’s Regional Warriors” is available online.
Office of the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Children in Armed Conflict www.un.org/special-rep/children-armed-conflict/English/ChildSoldiers.html Details the atrocities that children must deal with during and after their lives as child soldiers, as well as the responses that have been made by the UN.
The Red Cross www.icrc.org/eng/children This website is devoted specifically to children in war. The Red Cross is dedicated to providing children in war zones with food, water, and health care, as well as making efforts to reunite lost children with their families. Preventing the use of children as soldiers is a primary concern of the Red Cross in areas of conflict.
War Child www.warchild.org/news/news.html A network of independent organizations working across the world to help children affected by war. This alternative website features concerts, music, photo expositions and other artistic rebuttals to children in war.
Child Soldiers Global Report 2008 www.childsoldiersglobalreport.org