Early on when my brothers and I were captured, the LRA explained
to us that all five brothers couldn't serve in the LRA because
we would not perform well. So they tied up my two younger
brothers and invited us to watch. Then they beat them with
sticks until the two of them died. They told us it would give us
strength to fight. My youngest brother was nine years old.
-Martin P., age thirteen I was scared. There were many bullets
fired. I dropped down for safety, but could see the tree leaves
falling from the bullets. . . . I didn't shoot, but six rebel
soldiers and many abducted children were killed. Over twenty
children died. I was running for safety and had to jump over
many of the bodies. The youngest was about twelve. -Grace T.,
age sixteen Children are abducted in record numbers by the
Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in northern Uganda and subjected to
brutal treatment as soldiers, laborers, and sexual slaves. Since
June of 2002, an estimated 5,000 children have been abducted
from their homes and communities