A Brief History of War in Northern Uganda: 1986-Present

*In the late 1980‘s, Alice Lakwena gathered forces to overthrow the

Ugandan Government*She claimed that spirits spoke to

her and told her to do so

government; she received much support from the Acholi people of

Northern Uganda

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Alice Lawkena was exiled and Joseph Kony assumed leadership, claiming he was her cousin

The Acholi people did not embrace Joseph Kony as they did Alice Lakwena; he and his Lord’s Resistance Army resorted to abducting children into his army; 90% of his army were child soldiers

The War.....1996, in response to the LRA’s attacks on villages, the Ugandan Government relocated thousands of Ugandans to Internally Displaced Person’s camps

In 2006, nearly one million people were still living in these camps

Why child soldiers?

Why would the LRA abduct children?

Since 2006, many peace talks have failed, as Joseph Kony, despite international pressure, has repeatedly refused to sign peace agreements; Joseph Kony and his LRA Army have moved into the Democratic Republic of Congo where these abductions continue

Invisible Children.orgInvisible Children.org began with three young men and a video camera

They intended to create a documentary of the genocide in Sudan and stumbled across thousands of youth, who were hiding from Joseph Kony

These youth were known as “night commuters” and the boys noticed that they were “invisible” to the rest of the world, as no one knew about them..... Invisible Children, the movement was born

My Visit to Uganda

One branch of Invisible Children is “The Teacher Exchange Program”

We went to Uganda in order to work with teachers of Northern Uganda to share teaching strategies, but we learned and saw much more than that.....

What you will see..

There are some mildly disturbing images in the upcoming video...

a chicken being beheaded

the boys throwing up

15 seconds of people killed by the L. R. A.

Playing basketball with local youth in Gulu Town

A young boy at an orphanage in Gulu Town

A young girl at the Gulu

Orphanage

Our transport to school everyday!

On my way to work at Pabo Secondary

School-

The classroom I taught in at Pabo

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My husband and one of our favorite students

A few of our favorite girl students

The school cook making

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Our team posing with Jacob in Kampala

Some students from Jacob’s

school- in Kampala

The Library at our school

Geoffrey- ahigh schoolsophomore

A student in the chemistry lab

Women in Uganda

Some students at their home in the IDP Camp

The beauty of Uganda

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Get Involved

The movement has already begun.

Be a part of Schools for Schools: Capuchino Chapter and let’s do something together.