A brief video tour of child refugees in northern Uganda. There has been a war going on in northern Uganda ever since 1987 between A brief video tour of child refugees in northern Uganda. There has been a war going on in northern Uganda ever since 1987 between the rebels of the LRA ( Lord's Resist...
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The Lord’s Resistance Army is a sectarian guerrilla army based in northern Uganda. The group was formed in 1987 and is engaged in an armed rebellion against the Ugandan government in what is now one of Africa's longest-running conflicts. It is led by Joseph Kony, who proclaims himself the "spoke...
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Posho, made from cassava, is the staple food of much of Africa, including the Acholi of Northern Uganda. This is how it is "mingled", or cooked on a Six Bricks Rocket Stove.
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Posho, made from cassava, is the staple food of much of Africa, including the Acholi of Northern Uganda. This is how it is "mingled", or cooked in the traditional manner on a 3 stone open fire.
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Posho, made from cassava, is the staple food of much of Africa, including the Acholi of Northern Uganda. The tuberous root of the cassava is dug from the ground when needed and is peeled in preparation for mingling or cooking.
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A brutal twenty-one year war in Northern Uganda which began in 1986 displaced overtwo million Acholi people from their traditional villages to squalid refugee camps.Books for Africa will be shipping35,000 well selected school books (approximate retail value: $150,000) and tencomputers to four sec...
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In 2001, JRS was invited by the Diocese of Torit to assist the community in both providing quality basic education and in pastoral activities. After the signing of a peace accord between the Government of Southern Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army/Movement in January 2005, t...
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Persons camps. The results of this war have been devastating. The Acholi tribe makes up nearly the entire population of Northern Uganda. After two decades of displacement and violence, their traditional agrarian culture has been all but decimated. At one point, nearly 90 percent of the populati...
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