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Female Former Child Soldier Reintegration – Burundi is a treatment, reintegration, and community education program to assist female former child soldiers by establishing a residential rehabilitation center and by fostering a rural network of respected older women responsible for mentoring and assisting in the reintegration of program participants. The rehabilitation center provides comprehensive care, including mental health, medical, vocational, and legal services to female former child soldiers. The project also trains mental health, legal, and medical professionals in Burundi to work with highly traumatized individuals and to create a constituency for protection and acceptance of children, adolescents, and young adults who were forced or coerced into participation in the civil war.

Services Offered:	Residential rehabilitation center for female former child soldiers Training and support of Burundian mental health, legal, and medical professionals Mental health, medical, vocational, and legal services to former girl soldiers Training of rural network of older women for community mediation and reintegration issues
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Contact Information:	Phone: 312-660-1361 E-mail: international@heartlandalliance.org
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