Over 17,000 children aged between seven and 12 years have fled from the Lord's Resistance Army rebels' captivity since 1986, a Northern Youth Connection (NYC) survey has revealed. The Aga Khan High School students, led by Darren Hynes, a teacher, initiated the NYC, a community service programme. Hynes said about 22,000 children have been abducted between 1986 and 2002, an estimate of 30 children per day.