A Child Soldier in Sudan//
　　In 2009,/Seya found herself in Sudan/with a mission to launch a new project/to support vulnerable youths,/including child soldiers.// She knew/that she must earn the trust of these children/and of the communities/to which they would return.// Trust plays an important part in DDR.//
　　Seya met a boy named Michael,/who had been a soldier in the civil war/for five years.// When the war ended,/he had been transferred to the police force.// Now he wanted to go back to school.// But he couldn’t figure out/how to proceed.// Seya offered to help him,/but he didn’t trust her.// Too many people had made promises/that they did not keep.// First,/Seya had to gain Michael’s trust.// Then she had to persuade Michael’s senior officers/to allow him to return to school.// She succeeded in both tasks.//
　　Michael’s future would be difficult and uncertain.// He would have to learn to trust other people.// He would have to learn to trust himself.//
　　Seya told him/that he was now on his own.// “This is your life,/not mine,”/she said.// “You must think for yourself from now on.”// Michael answered,/“Now I know what I’m going to do.// This is my life.”// One small success for Seya Rumiko.//