UNICEF: Trading guns for textbooks
As a child, Mayom Mabuoung was a soldier in Southern Sudan.
Like many other children, Mayom’s transition to civilian life in southern Sudan was not easy.
Mayom was like thousands of child soldiers who were demobilized after the peace agreement in 2005. They came to
communities like Rumbek, whose overcrowded schools were in such poor condition rain leaked onto students,
teachers and the books.
But that is changing.
UNICEF made it possible to build permanent structures at Deng Nhial. The construction project is part of the ‘Go to
School’ initiative, the Government of Southern Sudan’s campaign to rebuild the education system and return 1.6
million children to the classroom by the end of 2007.
Today, at 24, Mayom Mabuong is a teacher at Deng Nhial School. To him, the new school represents more than a
physical structure; it is a child-friendly, safe haven where child soldiers can become citizens.
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