December 25, 2009 9:10 PM

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550 former LTTE kids put up in rehabilitation centres to reintegrate into mainstream

More than 550 former LTTE child combatants have been put up in the rehabilitation centres by the Sri Lankan government with a view to reintegrate them into the mainstream society. More than half of them are being given formal education while others are being provided vocational training . Majority of them are in the age group of 14 to 18 and more than 200 of them are girls. AIR Colombo correspondent met with a few of these soldiers in a rehabilitation centre at Vavuniya and spoke to them.

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