Liberia: Too little money for rehabilitation of former child combatants, UNICEF says

The head of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) criticised donors last Thursday for failing to fund the resettlement and retraining of former combatants in Liberia once they had been disarmed. "Much effort has been put into disarmament and demobilization, but not as much effort has gone into funding reintegration and rehabilitation...and that is worrisome," Carol Bellamy told reporters at the end of a three-day visit to Liberia to assess the reintegration of former child soldiers.