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The purpose of the study is to determine the attitudes of Sierra Leone street children toward forgiveness. Data were collected through a review of related literature, a War Forgiveness Scale questionnaire, and comments on aspects of forgiveness collected from the participants. Thirty - six street children, nineteen from the Capital, Freetown, and 17 from the provincial capital, Bo responded to the questionnaire. They ranged in ages from 5 -17. There were 14 girls and 22 boys. All the children had suffered trauma due to violence in the war. The results indicated a lukewarm or partial forgiveness to specific acts of violence against their individual persons.

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Samuel Hinton is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Eastern Kentucky University, in Richmond, Kentucky. He was founder of the Leonenet Street Children Project, a charity that supported displaced children and their families during and after the war. He has published poetry, academic books, and articles in professional Journals. Dr. Hinton was a Fulbright - Hays scholar to Brazil, Czech and Slovak Republics, and China respectively. He is a Senior Fulbright Specialist

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