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On the job at IC Uganda // Part 3
Happy Monday from IC Uganda! Here are two more stories from our staff on the ground in Gulu. Geoffrey Paul Makameri is the IT Officer for Invisible Children Uganda, and has been working at ICU three years. He’s a busy man: when he’s not traveling to the regional offices to set up internet, helping staff […]
Uganda: Photo Friday
Abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army 14 years ago while on his way to school, Charles recently escaped and returned to Uganda. He went through World Vision’s rehabilitation program, funded by Invisible Children, to prepare him for being reunited with his family. Yesterday, Charles went home to stay. World Vision will continue to follow up […]
Legacy Scholarship: turning on the lights
“You see light but you don’t know how. You can see wire, and you might not know that there’s electricity there. My aim was to discover and know more about it.” Fred, a student in the Legacy Scholarship Program, remembers being fascinated by electricity from an early age. After finishing the first four years of […]
Uganda: Photo Friday
Students at Anaka Secondary School, a Schools for Schools partner school, pose in front of the blackboard in their classroom. In Uganda, it’s the teacher who moves from one classroom to the next rather than the students.
Adult Literacy: doing business better
Alaro Ida remembers trying to run her own income generating activity even before joining one of Invisible Children Uganda’s (ICU) Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLA). She would buy corn from a farmer in the village and then take it to the trading center to sell it at a mark-up price. She also sold peanut […]
Legacy Scholarship: making home a better place
“The funny thing about me, I have 3 birthdays,” Fred offers the bait, eager to share his favorite story. Fred is in his final year of secondary school, and dreams of becoming a doctor. He’s also a skilled speaker, winning trophies for his school in debate for the past four years. The birthday dispute boils […]
On the job at IC Uganda // part 2
It’s Monday again! Time for another round of “why I love to go to work” with the Invisible Children Uganda staff. Lorna Peace has been working at IC Uganda since 2009. She said that her favorite day(s) are the ones when she gets to conduct career guidance at one of the Schools for Schools partner […]
Uganda: Photo Friday
A pool of water formed on top of the rock outcrop at Fort Patiko in northern Uganda.