This article tells the story of Mwamini and Sadiki Fracoize, a couple in the Congo who have opened their home to former child soldiers to care for them as they await reunification with their families. The couple have taken in 32 children in the past three years, says the article. The article describes the history of armed conflict and child soldiers in the country and the “makeshift foster system” that has developed in response. Mwamini and Sadiki foster these youth through an organization called the Program to Fight Against Poverty, a local UNICEF partner. The program has vetted over 100 families to act as temporary foster families for children who are being demobilized from the conflict and has placed 2,500 children into their care in 2014.
