Visiting Womens' Projects in Gulu District
Gulu District, 4 hours drive north of Kampala (across the White Nile) has been in insurgency for 16 years. The Sudan border is approximately 60 miles north from Gulu District. Gulu's population of 480,000 had to leave their ancestral land where village life had become unsafe. People have either moved to Gulu town or settlement camps for displaced persons. The largest settlement camp in Gulu District, Papo, has 46,000 residents. There are also refugee camps which are for citizens of other nations who have come to Uganda because of insurgency in their home countries. There are refugee camps near Gulu district for citizens of Sudan, for example.
Awe, a small displaced person's camp of 6,400 residents
Voice of Peace, a group for women and men disabled by war
A community development project using goats (Co-WII)
Family planning services curtailed in Gulu District
Meeting women leaders in Laroo-Pece
Juvenile offenders receive community support
Rehabilitating abducted child soliders at World Vision center so they can return to family and community
A special woman cares for 46 orphans plus her own 6 children.
Betty Ocan Aol's close campaign for Parliament.
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