The upcoming episode of Law & Order SVU is about a teenaged African refugee who escapes a lifetime of rape and terror, only to become a victim  of violence here in the US.  She and her friend – a former child soldier  forced to do unspeakable things before his escape – enlist the help of SVU detectives to find and capture  a brutal army leader who escaped punishment in Africa.

Here is a clip from the show:

takepart with the Enough Project and takepart with the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers. You can also learn more about the life of a child soldier from Ishmael Beah’s extraordinary story in: A Long Way Home: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

Be sure to tune in to Law & Order SVU on Tuesday March 31st 10/9c and on NBC and check back in with TakePart for more discussion about the episode.