Is the issue of children involved in armed violence is related to the trade in illegal drugs?
Pinheiro’s report also mentions the exploitation of child labor by illegal drug trade. This report is unprecedented in the many windows it opens into the troubled lives of our excluded children. We welcome it with great enthusiasm and recognize it is just the beginning. There is much to do. You work with very young people in very urgent situations, but you are very young yourself… How did you get involved at such a young age in such serious business? I don’t think I meant to be so serious when I started Fight for Peace (which led on to my other more research oriented work). It was really just about boxing in the beginning – a sport that I was prematurely removed from due to a head injury and I wanted to stay involved with through coaching and through setting up a gym. The work became more serious with time as the younger people at the gym showed me the difficulties that they faced every day just trying to survive. Being so involved with them through the sport led to a more serious le
