Reinsertion. (a) Provision of Basic Needs Allowances to Ex-Combatants.
(b) Provision of Recognition of Service Allowances to Ex-Combatants from the Rwanda Defense Forces.
(c) Provision of Basic Needs Allowances to dependents of Ex-Combatants, and sensitization of such dependents to socioeconomic opportunities in host communities and within the applicable administrative framework.
(d) Provision of Disability Allowances to disabled Ex-Combatants.
(e) Provision of specialized reinsertion support to child Ex-Combatants, including psychosocial support, recreational opportunities, literacy and numeric education, family tracing, medical screening and care, and civic education, prior to reunification with their families, and a take-home kit comprising household items such as toiletries and utensils at reunification.
Reinsertion. (a) Provision of reinsertion kits comprising toiletries and utensils, and Transitional Subsistence Allowances to Ex-Combatants.
(b) Counseling and orientation, including following reinsertion, for Group 2 Ex-Combatants and their partners in relation to the appropriate use of said Allowances, and for host communities.
Reinsertion. The actual process of reinsertion of ex-combatants into their communities of origin, or their insertion into new ones, is fraught with problems. The arrival of ex-combatants into both urban and rural communities is likely to present a threat to existing communities. From an economic point of view they may be seen as competing for scarce employment and scarce land and housing. From a social perspective they are often seen as strangers. How ex-combatants are seen by the communities they are being re -inserted into is of critical importance especially with regard to their acceptability and their potential for reintegration. Providing ex-combatants with HIV/AIDS prevention skills and presenting them as people with a capacity to serve the community with respect to HIV/AIDS education may be a way of making their reinsertion/insertion to these communities a more socially palatable process. If this is to be the case then training of ex-combatants to play this role must precede reinsertion/insertion and be undertaken ideally during cantonment and discharge. This will depend on the timeframes available to these processes, but just as is the case with demobilization following peace accords, the importance of time flexibility must be stressed.
