Project in Sierra Leone//
　　When the Kigali project was almost finished,/Seya heard about a DDR project/which was in progress in Sierra Leone.// She decided to go there/in order to observe the actual DDR process/with her own eyes,/but she faced challenges.// Could she find people/who understood the local situation/and knew in detail what the problems were?// If not,/how could she ever dream of working as a specialist/in conflict resolution?// Seya was undaunted.// She made contacts/and was able to visit camps for war victims/as well as a care center for former child soldiers.// She even had an interview/with one of the top leaders of the DDR projects.//
　　Having finished her graduate work in 2001,/she was back again in Sierra Leone/in January 2002.// This time/she was not a visitor but a UN volunteer;/her mission was to facilitate the reintegration of ex-soldiers into society/by providing them with job training.// Working together with a team of 15 staff members/from various countries,/Seya gradually developed her expertise in DDR.//
　　After a ceasefire,/there is still much work to be done.// Soldiers may be thrown into the streets with no jobs,/no houses to live in,/and no money to support their families.// There is always a risk/that ex-soldiers will return to armed conflict.// They must be able to return to society/and lead productive lives.// This is reintegration.//
　　From 2003 to 2005,/Seya was in Afghanistan with the DDR team,/which disarmed 63,380 soldiers/and collected more than 12,000 heavy weapons/and almost 58,000 small arms.//