Uganda
A twenty-year conflict deprived millions of Ugandans of the chance to work or attend school. But today, hopes for peace bring new opportunities for children like 14-year-old Bosco.
Over the past two decades, Uganda's civil war forced hundreds of thousands of families to flee their homes and way of life — at the zenith of the violence, more than 1.6 million people were displaced. With peace now on the horizon, Mercy Corps is helping them on their road home through agricultural and economic programs that rebuild villages and lives.
Special Report: Generations of Displacement ›
Blog Post: Seeing the work first hand ›
Topics: Youth, Sports, Rural, Peaceful Change, Livelihoods, Food/Nutrition, Displacement, Citizen Involvement, Agriculture
It is one thing to read all about the work of an organization. It is something entirely different to see it with your own eyes. It is inspirational.
Blog Post: A once-tragic setting for peace dialogues ›
Topics: Rural, Peaceful Change
Once a site of great tragedy, the village of Lampono, Uganda is now a place where people from two contentious ethnic groups gather to talk about peace.
Blog Post: The resilence of children ›
Topics: Youth, Rural, Hunger, Food/Nutrition, Environment, Economic Development, Climate Change, Children
Life isn't easy in northern Uganda. Yet the children of the Acholi and Karamojong people are still resilient. They still smile.
Blog Post: Finding a voice in northern Uganda ›
Topics: Women's Empowerment, Peaceful Change, Marginalized Groups, Conflict & War, Citizen Involvement
Through Mercy Corps' Pader Peace Program, Ugandans who were once bruised by conflict and battered by neglect are engaging in collaborative dialogue that finally gives them a voice.
Seeds of Sunshine ›
Alex Odongo is finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. After decades of an insurgency by the Lord's Resistance Army — a rebel group defined by its brutal tactics, which often targeted civilians — that left the country ravaged and its people nearly hopeless, the sun is beginning to shine again in northern Uganda.
Blog Post: Working on a road to hope ›
Topics: Rural, Peaceful Change, Livelihoods, Conflict & War, Citizen Involvement
They say if you want something done you must do it yourself — and that is exactly what Grace Awor is doing for her village of Lamoi, Uganda.
Blog Post: Forgiveness ›
Over the weekend, I paid attention to news of rioting in Uganda — but now am thinking about what happens in the aftermath of violence.
Blog Post: Rain, rain, come and stay ›
Topics: Food/Nutrition, Agriculture
Lately, many parts of northern Uganda have been experiencing a drought. The rains were late, by as much as a month from what I had been told.
Blog Post: New beginnings ›
Topics: Rural, Displacement, Conflict & War, Children
Little Mindi was the first baby born to the village of Agora since, just weeks earlier, Acholi families had returned here from the displacement camps where they'd taken uncertain refuge for years.
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