Opio, 8, the youngest of the four, is being cared for by the nurse in the camp. He suffers from wounds cause by torture at the hands of the rebels. He committed several acts of cruelty, but because of his age he has no remorse. When his mother comes to see him for the first time in a year, she talks about the catastrophic circumstances in the refugee camp in which she and her husband live. The rebels threatened to execute the entire family should one of their abducted children ever return. She is constantly worried about Opio and herself. She asks him to stay in the reception center as long as possible. After hesitating for a while she asks him if he had to kill people. The boy nods. Unfortunately, the camp cannot give Opio shelter forever. One day he will have to return to his family.

“I had only done what I was ordered to do. I had to do this!“ Opio, aged 8 years

“Fear and rejection drives many children back into the bush.“ Grace Arach (social worker)
John, the social worker, later learned that little Opio disappeared during an attack on the refugee camp. John talked to Opio's family and found out that the boy ran away when the camp was under attack. Nobody knows whether the rebels abducted him again or whether he was killed.

“We have to try to explain to children like Opio the difference between right and wrong, only then will we have a chance for peace after the war“ John Bosco (social worker)