The Aprojed Project in collaboration with SOS Enfants France provides structure, stability and the opportunity to learn a skilled trade to former child soldiers displaced or orphaned by war. The participants are given hammers, saws and other necessary tools to learn to become professional woodworkers within six months to a year. The project runs from 8 in the morning until 2 in the afternoon, 6 days a week and not only is food provided but allocations are given to the families housing the children as well. The project is fundamentally community based as the participants learn their trade by fixing and creating infrastructure such as chairs and tables for the community. This not only empowers the children but also helps to combat the stigma associated with child soldiers and help with successful reintegration into their communities after the programs completion. The Aprojed project also offers important therapeutic resources as the founders of the center and the teachers are themselves former child soldiers and the children get to work alongside their peers who also escaped civil war, in a safe and structured environment. Upon the projects completion the goal is for the children to return to their communities with employable skills, however there exists also the opportunity to pursue a skills based higher education.*