Kambale has hardly known peace. He grew up in Congo, where a civil war has killed 5 million people in his lifetime. Boys in Kambale's village don't have many options.
Kambale worked his way up from child soldier to commander of 150 rebel soldiers by the age of 20. He never knew he had another choice.
One day he heard a radio broadcast by a local peacebuilder, Henri Ladyi. Henri talked about helping rebels to disarm and live in peace.
Kambale started to walk. He walked all day through heavy rains to Butembo to find Henri. When he got there, uniformed and muddy, people turned away in fear. But Henri listened.
Henri took Kambale to the mayor and the police, to show he'd come in peace: and then to a centre where Kambale could learn the skills to earn a living and settle in his home village once more.
Today, Kambale is working with Henri to pursuade his old comrades to lay down their guns.
Henri is funded by Peace Direct to work with six militia groups in eastern Congo, totalling more than 5,000 combatants.
