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A student who is also a former child soldier, cuts a piece of fabric during a sewing class at the Bria Practical Vocational Training and Literacy Center in Bria

A student who is also a former child soldier, cuts a piece of fabric during a sewing class at the Bria Practical Vocational Training and Literacy Center in Bria on April 1, 2026. (Photo by MARIAM KONE / AFP)


In a classroom in Bria, in the unstable eastern Central African Republic, a group of former child soldiers are learning to sew.