HELP OUT!

Before i tell you anything...


and now that they have spoken for themselves,


The war in northern Uganda has been called the most neglected humanitarian emergency in the world today. For the past 23 years, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda (GoU) have been waging a war that has left nearly two million innocent civilians caught in the middle. The GoU's attempt to protect its citizens from this rebel militia has largely failed, resulting in an entire generation of youth that has never known peace.

The LRA rebel movement can be traced back to a woman named Alice Lakwena. In the 1980s, Lakwena believed the Holy Spirit spoke to her and ordered her to overthrow the Ugandan government for being unjust to the Acholi. Lakwena and her followers, known as the Holy Spirit Movement, gained momentum as resentment toward the government increased. When Lakwena was exiled and no clear leader of the movement was left, Joseph Kony, who claimed to be Lakwena’s cousin, took control and transformed Lakwena’s rebel army into the LRA.

Kony's LRA did not receive the same support as the Holy Spirit Movement from the Acholi people. With dwindling approval for their cause and heightened government offensives, the rebels resorted to abducting children and indoctrinating them into their ranks. It is estimated that more than 90% of the LRA’s troops were abducted as children.

In 1996, as a response to the LRA attacks in the villages, the Ugandan government forcibly evicted thousands from their homes, relocating them into overcrowded camps in hopes of providing protection. But over a decade later, roughly one million individuals still live in these camps and struggle to survive among the effects of abject poverty, rampant disease, and near-certain starvation.

^^ the history of the war, was taken directly from the site, so all the facts are correct. If i told you how much i cried watching videos about the ATROCITIES in Uganda, you wouldn't believe me. Put yourself in the shoes of countless children who didn't even know why their parents were being shot. Imagine waking up to fire and gunshots. Your parents' eyes widen with fear and they frantically begin to wake up your other siblings. All of a sudden the door flies open, you heart fills with fear, and in an instant you hear four shots. One for your mother. One for your father. One for your sister. One for your brother. You freeze. Your next.

But somehow, somehow you manage to escape. As you hide in the dark, you think of what will happen next. Morning comes. And blinking through tears, you realize that everyone is gone. Everyone. Is. Gone. So where will you go?

what YOU and I WILL do to HELP!

You and I will donate 1,000 dollars and hopefully more, to the children for children association. That money WILL go to those who have survived the war. It will go towards building schools, hospitals and to take care of MANY other needs. HOW?
For every "sponsor" you visit, it will generate approximately 3-5 cents. That money will go toward a "Save the Surviving Children of Uganda" fund.

Make this a family goal. Approach your teacher and make it a class goal. Better yet make this SCHOOL WIDE GOAL. I can't generate 1,000 dollars by myself, and everyday that passes might be an angel lost.

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