Are they stable. Can the conflict related experience that are trickle down to the minds of children be transformed to the minds adolescents in the milieu of post war

Abstract

Warfare in any country invents instability of the living pattern of the civil community and it is a common feature that war creates drastic negative Impact on the human and physical resources. The protracted war lasted for 3 decades in the Northern and Eastern regions of Sri Lanka paved the way to create varied social menaces. Also, the impact of the war directly affects individuals those were in their childhood during the war. The keynote objective of this research was to determine the current status of youth within the age range of 18 to 24, selected as a sample from families faced the war and related impediments. In this regard 132, youth /children (58 girls and 74 boys) were selected as a sample and the data collected through; questionnaire, discussions, observation and recorded case studies. It was a key characteristic that 62% of children out of the total respondents showed noticeable features such as; disentitled school education, bereavement due to loss of close associates, Health problems, and psychological imbalance. The research findings affirm that children who experienced critical outcomes of the war, continue within their adulthood creating an unstable life style hence, early intervention of Govt. as well as non-Governmental sectors are needed to ameliorate the youth.