NORTHERN UGANDA: “INVISIBLE CHILDREN”

INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE (IDP) CAMP

QUICK FACTS:

1. 20 YEARS OF WAR

2. FIGHTS BETWEEN THE “LRA” LORD’S RESISTANCE ARMY AND THE UGANDAN GOVERNMENT

3. WAR HAS DESTROYED A LOT OF PEOPLES’ LIVES…..SEEN MOSTLY IN THE CHILDRENS’ LIVES….VERY SAD!

4. THE KIDS HAVE GROWN UP ONLY KNOWING A LIFE OF WAR

5. OUR RESPONSIBILITY MAY BE TO HELP THESE KIDS FIND EDUCATION AND A POSITIVE FUTURE…

WHY WAR??

1. TRACED BACK TO A WOMAN NAMED ALICE LAKWENA IN THE 1980’s (“LAKWENA” = SPIRIT THAT POSESSED HER)

2. SHE BELIEVED A “VOICE” SPOKE TO HER AND SAID “OVERTHROW THE UGANDAN GOVERNMENT” (FOR BEING UNJUST TO THE “ACHOLIS”…A TRIBE)

3. ALICE IS “KICKED-OUT” OF UGANDA….WHO LEADS NOW??

4. JOSEPH KONY, CLAIMED TO BE ALICE’S COUSIN AND CREATES THE LRA OR “LORD’S RESISTANCE ARMY”

LRA LEADER: JOSEPH KONY

WHAT DID THE LRA DO NEXT?

1. LOST A LOT OF SUPPORT

2. DESPERATE FOR ATTENTION = REBELS RESORT TO ABDUCTING CHILDREN….YES CHILDREN

3. CHILDREN ARE ABDUCTED DURING SCHOOL AND FROM HOMES/VILLAGES AT NIGHT

4. CHILDREN FORCED INTO WAR

WHY INNOCENT CHILDREN??

1. CHILDREN CAN EASILY BE BRAINWASHED AND TOLD WHAT TO DO.

2. BIG ENOUGH TO CARRY A GUN

3. LOTS OF THEM = HUGE ARMY

4. 90% OF LRA IS LITTLE CHILDREN!(9 OUT OF 10 ARE KIDS!!) KIDNAPPED 6 YR. OLD

LIFE AS A CHILD SOLDIER:

1. MANY FORCED TO KILL THEIR OWN FAMILY MEMBERS AND OTHERS

2. MANY ABUSED BOTH PHYSICALLY AND SEXUALLY BY ADULT LRA MEMBERS

3. MOST WILL BE KILLED IN WAR OR BY THE LRA

4. PSYCHOLOGICAL DAMAGE IS NOT “FIXABLE” FOR MOST

KIDNAPPED / BRAINWASHED

MORE OF THE SAME…. NOTICE THE FRIGHTENED LOOK

1986 – 1996

THE WAR DEGENERATES

1. BECAUSE OF “HORRIFIC TACTICS”, THE INITIAL SUPPORT OF THE LRA HAS FADED…

2. THE PEOPLE OF UGANDA DO NOT SUPPORT THE LRA MUCH ANYMORE…..MOSTLY “FEAR THEM”.

3. LRA HAS NOW “WAGED TERROR” ON THE CIVILIAN POPULATION TO KEEP ATTENTION ON THEM??

4. 1996 = GOVERNMENT PUT ALL N. UGANDAN PEOPLE IN CAMPS TO PROTECT THEM….TERROR STILL CONTINUES.

WHAT IS LIFE LIKE IN THESE CAMPS??

LIFE IN IDP CAMPS:

BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE (2 MILLION) IN THESE CAMPS,

1. MANY PEOPLE STARVE BECAUSE OF LACK OF FOOD

2. LACK OF WATER = DEHYDRATION = DEATH

3. NIGHTTIME ATTACKS CONTINUE:A. KIDS ARE STILL KIDNAPPED (MORE THAN 30,000)B. ADULTS ARE STILL KILLED EVEN WITH “PROTECTION”

4. DISEASE SPREADS BY DIRTY WATER, MOSQUITOS ETC..

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