Foreword

These photographs and stories I brought back from Uganda in December 2005 are for Uganda. They are available for anyone who wants to tell the war-torn situations. You will find ways to contribute - donate, volunteer - through the LINKS on the top right corner. I will also be able to connect you with directors of various Uganda peace campaigns and local programs.

Thomas Lee
[camera like pen]
www.stylocreations.com
thomas@stylocreations.com

UPDATES

HDNet World Report (March, 2008)
A Silent War, A Violent Peace: Uganda's Child Soldiers

An excellent 3-part update report on ending the LRA conflict in northern Uganda and the immense challenges it faces. - TL

A Year Later (January 2007)

In September 2006, for the first time since the two-decade conflict, the LRA open stalled negotiations with the Ugandan government. A truce has been signed, and the LRA troops have begun to gather at special locations along the Uganda/Sudan border to surrender their weapons.

The peace talks continued but have been hindered by demands and counter-demands: LRA remnants have doubts for the amnesty promised by the Ugandan government and fear persecutions from the International Criminal Court; displaced Acholi's have doubts for the full surrender of the LRA.

The Ugandan government has begun creating "satellite camps" to decongest the main IDP camps. But until a long-term peace is in sight, IDP camps are still full, thousands of children still walk 3 to 10 kilometers every night to take shelter at the Night Commuter Centers, the plight still lingers, and still is, forgotten.

Thomas Lee
12.10.2006

Picture Stories

(click on a title to begin)

[ ONE ] Reintegration of Former Abductees

I spent 15 days in northern Uganda - Gulu and Lira - photo-documenting the reintegration process of children formerly abducted by the LRA. I focused on 3 rehabilitation centers...

[ TWO ] Life of the Internally Displaced

I visited 2 IDP camps. One was in Unyama, close to Gulu; the other was an away-camp called Parabongo. Like the night commuter centers, these sites were the consequence of war...

[ THREE ] Pearl, North to South

The war cannot summarize Uganda. In Gulu town, a family was on vacation, a football fan cheered for his team, and a man got his hair trimmed. Four-hour away in capital Kampala, a young man checked his emails, a student relaxed at the Baha'i Temple, a lady waited on the Gulu Express to return to the north. It was Humanity that completed the big picture of the Pearl of Africa for me...

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