3224: Red Hand Day: Ending Child Soldier Recruitment

 On the Miraya Breakfast Show, the last hour focused on Red Hand Day, marked on 12 February, and the call to end the recruitment and use of child soldiers. Host Gabriel Shadar spoke with Oluku Andrew Holt from the NDDRC, Allan Kudumoch, a former child soldier, and Daniel Anaya from GREDO about progress in releasing children, the challenges of funding and access, and the need for psychosocial support and education. The guests urged families, communities, leaders, and armed groups to keep children in school and protect them from recruitment.