You’re missing out on some valuable information if you’ve missed any of the recent Peace and Conflict Updates. You will also find the first edition of ‘From The Ground,’ which is our new piece from Ugandan staff members. The latest update (#24) discusses the issues surrounding re-arming, re-igniting and re-settling in northern Uganda.
For the recent Webby award that Invisible Children won, acceptance speeches were limited to 5 words. IC’s speech created some recent buzz in The NonProfit Times.
For the recent release of Roseline, we felt a responsibility to start putting out more information about the crisis of AIDS in Africa; specifically, in Uganda. Roseline’s story details her struggle with the disease, and how she’s able to live with it. In a weekly series, kicking off today, we’ll attempt to provide more facts about what’s going on from the ground in Uganda, and what Invisible Children is doing about it. Starting off, we’ll provide you with a few basic facts to give you an idea of how AIDS is affecting our world. What we’d like you to provide, are comments. Whether it’s your own testimony about how these issues are affecting your life, or letting us know how you see things through the eyes of Roseline, please share it.
Next week, we’ll take a look at how Roseline’s story fits into this.
HIV/AIDS QUICK FACTS - Global
Home. The place we seek for comfort and support. The place we recognize as a constant, stable. The place we can always return. Home.
But only for some.
Of the estimated one million people living in northern Uganda’s IDP camps, roughly 548,000 had begun the process of returning home by the end of April 2008. On the one hand, this news is good news, but the struggle to return remains. With recent threats of increased LRA movement along the Ugandan border, the question of security remains the main inhibitor of reuniting the displaced with their homelands. For those who still wish to return, their situation is undoubtedly complex.
A weekend check-in…
Kevin Vandivort was recently profiled in the North County Times, detailing his “life-changing” trip to Uganda, as well as his work with Invisible Children. Check it out.