Demobilized children can be found in all 10 states of South Sudan. Many are attending high school or receiving training in practical vocational skills. Several are now adults with successful professional careers.

UN Radio Miraya on-line quiz show at Juba's Confident Children out of Conflict Orphanage in a Christmas celebration on 25 December. Other Miraya-hosted activities featured Santa Claus handing out UNMISS-donated gifts and a volleyball game. Photo: UNMISS/Catherine Waugh

Prisoners of feuding youth in Jonglei State for almost five months, an elated Dole Koroko and her two-year-old son recently stepped off an UNMISS helicopter to freedom in Pibor.