Life in Northern Uganda
by Dr. M. Ashaq Raza
Tom Fred Obonyo, 41, is the Chairperson of
Agoro Community
Development Association (ACDA), Coordinator of
RESPECT Uganda,
and Security officer with Oxfam GB (Uganda). In and exclusive interview with
RESPECT International, Tom explains the plight of refugees and internally
displaced persons (IDPs) living in camps of northern Uganda.
"I am Tom Fred Obonyo, born in 1964 in Agoro sub-county Kitgum District
in the parish called Pobar Goloro village. I am married and have four children."
The violence against IDPs in northern Uganda is the common phenomena.
The school children, adults, women, no one is safe there. Lack of food,
clothes, clean water and health facilities, are some of grave problems
before displaced masses in camps of Agoro. Education is the other thorny
choice for budding youth in Agoro. The helplessness of refugees'
community and atrocities of Lord Resistance Army (LRA) yet go parallel.
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School's International Committee Helps Refugees
by Jason Miks
One criticism that is frequently leveled at the United States, is
that there is often a lack of engagement by policy makers and the
public in what happens outside its borders. Yet the efforts of one
school in Colorado who are working hard to raise awareness of refugee
issues show that the reality is actually more complex than this.
Werner Elementary School in Fort Collins, a city which lies about
65 miles north of Denver, last year began a communications exchange
with a village in Northern Uganda.
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A Battle For Hope
by Bruno Marsiaj
From the 18th to the 28th of March, David Gonzalez, VP Communications at RESPECT
International, had the chance to visit Armenia. During his 10-day trip, Mr. Gonzalez
visited the entire country, seeing the general situation in camps set for refugees
and Internally Displaced People (IDP), while interviewing representatives of several
local and international NGOs. The refugees in these camps are those who had to flee
from Azerbaijan, while IDPs relocated from other areas inside Armenia.
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