Archive for September, 2008
September 3rd Update
August 30, 2008
Yesterday, we visited Alito. Actually, we were in the county of Alito, in a tiny village called Alit, where H.A.N. has helped to beginning building a church/community center, and another women’s farming group received a pair of oxen to work their land. The people were overjoyed to see Carolyn again, and we were [...]
Education crisis in northern Uganda
Region struggles to rebuild school system after two decades of war.
By Patrick Okino and Bill Oketch in northern Uganda Lira (AR No. 184, 01-Sep-08)
Many people blame the education crisis in northern Uganda on the 20 year war with Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army. A least 30% of school-age children in the north are not [...]