The Child Soldier A Telecollaborative Project Between William Belsey of I*EARN-Canada and Andrew Benson Green Jr. of I*EARN-Sierra Leone

The Child Soldier: Our Voices
Giving Voice to Youth Affected by War

Our Voices will feature oral stories and music about the issue of the Child Soldier from youth in Sierra Leone

To hear these audio files, you will need to install the Real Media Player which is free

Pictured here in this photo (From left to right): are iEARN Sierra Leone members like 'Andrew Greene (drumbeat),
Cecil Cole (chins propped on guiter), Rashid Peters (stringing), John Collier (Singing), Jane Peters (Teddy Bear), and Denis Turay, (hands folded).

Click here* to listen to the students and teachers in Freetown, Sierra Leone who helped to create a special song about Child Soldiers (Real Media)
The Child Soldier Song* -by the students and teachers of I*EARN Sierra-Leone (Real Media)
Child of Light* by Blair Bodine © 2001 Blair Bodine -Purple Crayon Productions. See Blair's wonderful accompanying video as well! (Real Media)
No... No... More Child Soldiers -written by Rashid Peters, John Collier and Andrew Benson Greene Jr. Performed by Jane Peters, Rashid Peters, Andrew Greene and John Collier. Keyboard by John Collier. (Real Media)
Sweet, Sweet, Salone -written and performed by Joseph Bangura accompanied by members of iEARN-Sierra Leone (in Creole or "lingua franca" -Sierra Leonian dialect)
Say, We Say No -written by Denis Turay of Albert Academy and performed by members of Albert Academy and by members of iEARN-Sierra Leone
Di War Don Don Na Salone -a short narrative and a rap about peace and reconciliation, by the youth of iEARN-Sierra :Leone.

Click on Andrew or Rashid's photos below, to see videos as they describe how youth are affected by war in Sierra Leone (in Real Media format).


Andrew Benson Greene Jr. i*EARN-Sierra Leone Coordinator, Co-Facilitator, the Child Soldiers Project	Rashid Peters, Member i*EARN-Sierra Leone, Youth Contributor to the Child Soldiers Project

*We apologize for the poor quality of some sound files. We will upgrade the quality as soon as our resources allow.

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A Telecollaborative Project Between iEARN-Canada and iEARN-Sierra Leone