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Dallaire’s on a mission and it’s not impossible

Child soldiers in conflicts around the world has exploded, but Roméo Dallaire's Child Soldiers Initiative is having a global impact on preventing the use of child soldiers. And it's the only initiative of its kind in the world.

Roméo Dallaire, one of the world's leading humanitarians, pictured recently in Ottawa, talks about his Child Soldiers Initiative and his new book Waiting For First Light: My Ongoing Battle with PTSD.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY KATE MALLOY

December 19, 2016

OTTAWA—At the end of his powerful and painfully honest memoir, Waiting For First Light: My Ongoing Battle With PTSD, Roméo Dallaire says he was surprised to discover how much he wants to live today. "As I approach the end of this book, I'm also approaching my 70th birthday. I am surpri...

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