a report from kitkam on one former child soldier who is finally, going home after 13 years in captivity >> reporter: when he was 10 years old, dennis achan was abducted from his village in northern uganda by rebels from the lord's resistance army in 2001. he was forced to become a child shoulder and to commit atrocities. it was 13 years. >> translator: many children were beaten to death. you had to follow the orders or they would kill you. the children who tried to escape were killed. you have to follow orders until at that chance comes to escape. >> in recent weeks, this rehabilitation center run by the charity world vision has been his home. at the peak of the war, hundreds of child soldiers came through here every month. the mural did they painted are still here. an estimated 10,000 are still missing. most of them will never come home. a trickle of former child soldiers do still escape, now grown adults. it's christina's job to culture them. >> they keep on recalling. den us has completed his counseling and it's time to go home. he was a boy when he last saw his family and neighbors.