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Friday, April 20, 2007

From small warrior to student nurse: program in Spain helps former child soldiers - A.P.
Edwin Tholley wasn't yet 10 years old — he can't remember his exact age — when rebel bosses in Sierra Leone first injected cocaine into his face, a quick way to get it surging into his brain. They wanted him high: an unthinking, vicious, little warrior for their campaign of terror.
Tholley's face still bears scars from the needle-pricks. Now, however, under an innovative rehabilitation program in Spain, Tholley hopes to redeem himself and save lives by studying to be a nurse, and maybe someday a doctor.
"My ambition is to help others," said Tholley, 20, one of four Sierra Leone natives brought here by Todos Son Inocentes (They Are All Innocent), a Spanish aid agency that works with children in war zones. ...

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