Empowering community members through VSLA
This is all I know: I would have loved to be part of a program that helped me learn about money before I had to learn about it myself through overdraft, and bank fees, and no savings. Our Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLA) program in Gulu, Uganda began in 2009, and consists of groups […]
How Gulu MOVEd
In Gulu, Uganda, there is also movement. Friday saw more than 150 people gather to hear lectures from different contributors to the peace process. Religious leaders, local officials, academics, NGO representatives and others joined together to talk about their experiences, their unique perspectives, and their shared hopes for peace. The continued conflict in neighboring countries […]
Peace-building meeting in Gulu, Uganda
A follow-up meeting took place in Gulu, Uganda on October 11, 2012 to share a report on the regional peace-building and reconciliation consultative meeting held in Bangui, Central African Repubilic the previous month. The meeting was organized by the Gulu District Reconciliation and Peace Team (GDRPT), in partnership with Acholi Religious Leaders’ Peace Initiative (ARLPI) […]
International Justice Mission opens field office in Gulu, Uganda
International Justice Mission (IJM) is a non-profit human rights organization that brings rescue to victims of slavery, sexual exploitation and other forms of violent oppression. They seek to make public justice systems work for victims of abuse and oppression who urgently need the protection of the law. With already 15 field offices operating in countries […]
Peacebuilding and reconciliation meeting in Bangui, CAR
A cross-border civil society meeting was organized recently in Bangui, CAR to discuss strategies to stop the LRA. Initiated by the Regional Civil Society Task Force on LRA, leaders and civil society representatives from LRA-affected areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Central African Republic (CAR), and South Sudan, and members of the Gulu […]
International Justice Mission hopes to open office in Gulu
Imagine coming home for the first time in years and finding that someone else is living in your house. They tell you that it doesn’t belong to you anymore. Now you have to find somewhere else to live, even though you know that you still own the place. This scenario has played out hundreds of […]
Uganda: Peace here, peace everywhere
“Today’s event is not about Invisible Children, it is about us,” Norbert Mao, the leader of Uganda’s Democratic Party and native of northern Uganda said at the Cover the Night launch in Gulu, Uganda last weekend. The event was organized by Gulu District Local Government in partnership with Invisible Children, Northern Uganda Media Club, Gulu […]