**1. Introduction**

For two decades, Cote d'Ivoire has gone through a number of crises that undermined the Ivoirian national cohesion. In September 2002, almost two years after the 1999 putsch and the stabilization of the social, military and political situation, with a president and a Government recognized by all and sundry, as everybody looked forward to leading a normal life, the suddenness of the war, which broke out in the night of 18th -19th, shook the foundation of the nation. Côte d'Ivoire was under attack, towns were besieged, populations were running up and down for dear lives…The death toll, the mass displacement of people both internally and externally, the medico-psychological trauma brought about by this situation provoked a real trauma among the populations with its consequences in terms of social disorganization.

The country was divided into three zones: the governmental zone, the trusted held by the French forces *"Licorne"* and the U.N forces "*ONUCI"*, and another zone called CNW (Central, North and West) held by the rebels.

In December 2002, the conflict initially intensified in the western region, in the *Moyen Cavally* region, especially on the *Guiglo-Toulepleu* road where people witnessed the birth of the phenomenon of child soldiers. The conflict was deadly there and the fight lasted 3 years in that region. From 2006 to 2008, these child soldiers were attended to.

Psychiatrists were put in place. Unfortunately, the socio-psycho-medical interventions, which started in 2002, have not been supported by a formal organization to ensure sustainability.

Our objective is twofold: to describe on the one hand a unique experience in Côte d'Ivoire, that of a field care of child soldiers by an Ivoirian psychiatrist and on the other hand, analyze the intervention in order to better prepare for future interventions.
