Archive for August, 2008
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Ugandan orphan choir robbed while touring in Chicago
A group of Ugandan children, while touring the United States to raise money to build an orphanage back home, had their van broken into while in Chicago. Even with most of their personal belongings stolen, including pictures of their family members they lost to AIDS, the young children are not angry. One young orphan has this to [...]
August 28th Update
Hi Everyone,
Thanks for joining us on this continuing adventure in N. Uganda……
August 28th
Yesterday we rode with Felix to Pader, a district north of Lira that has, until just recently, been
considered very dangerous. This was the first time Carolyn has been able to travel this far north
to see the projects that Felix and MTI are running [...]
August 26th Update
Hello everyone,
Livia and I have taken turns writing so you will find each of us speaking in different parts of
it.Â
August 25, 2008
Village Crop-Planting Project
Early this morning, our team set out for an oxen-buying adventure at the Alito market. Held only once a week, this market had an enormous variety of produce, products, and animals for [...]
Visit to Dr. Opio
Beautiful sunshine is reliable here – lots of it daily – though electricity, cell phone service and the internet are quite iffy. Cool mornings give way to the heat of the day where no one moves very fast, ending with the evening glow as the heat ebbs and the mosquitos come out to prey.
Friday the [...]
Pictures from 2nd Post
Hello from the “Pearl of Africa” Uganda!
What a surprise to arrive at the Entebbe airport in Uganda last night, to find a completely remodeled facility, a project completed for the visit of the Commonwealth Heads of State in November 2007. No more deplaning onto the tarmac, thankfully since there were swarms of “lake flies” at the time of our arrival. Instead [...]
Kony to Resume Peace Talks
Joseph Kony
Rebel leader ready for resumption of peace talks: UN envoy
2 hours ago
KAMPALA (AFP) — Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony wants to resume talks with the government to end a drawn-out conflict in northern Uganda, an aide to the top UN envoy said Monday.
Kony, whose Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has been fighting the government of [...]
The Wretched Women of the Aids Struggle
The Monitor (Kampala)
NEWS
4 August 2008
Posted to the web 4 August 2008
By Jane Nafula
Ms Ann Asokot, of Gogonyo village in Pallisa District thought that by revealing her HIV status to her husband, she would be supported. Little did she know that this was the beginning of a violent relationship and stigma.
Ms Asokot was among participants at [...]
HIV Spread Still High Despite Fall in Infection
HIV Spread Still High Despite Fall in Infection
The Monitor (Kampala)
2 August 2008
Posted to the web 4 August 2008
By Evelyn Lirri
Uganda is one of the countries where a significant prevention of new infections of HIV has been registered, the latest report by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV indicates.
The report released on July 29 says [...]