While the camps provide schooling for younger children, there are no provisions for older children.

"There is very little funding for adolescents—everyone wants to provide for the cute little ones, and think adolescents are grown and don't need anything," said Marie de la Soudiere, Director of Children Affected by Armed Conflict for the International Rescue Committee. "But they are the most vulnerable to sexual abuse, to being recruited to fight."

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