In northern Uganda, tens of thousands of children have been abducted and forced to serve as soldiers in a brutal civil war that has razed villages and torn apart countless families. But there is hope!
Hope North is a 40-acre campus in northern Uganda where refugees, orphans and former child soldiers find a place to call home. It is a living and learning community with an accredited secondary school, vocational training center and full time Ugandan staff of fifteen. In this safe, vibrant cultural setting resident students are rebuilding their lives through education and vocational training. Hope North operates an accredited school and offers vocational training in carpentry, food production, tailoring, and programs in arts, music, dance and sports.
In northern Uganda, tens of thousands of children have been abducted to serve as soldiers in a brutal civil war. The war has made orphans and refugees of many others, with 1.6 million Ugandans forced into overcrowded camps. Doctors Without Borders named the conflict in northern Uganda one of the top ten most underreported humanitarian tragedies.
Okello Sam, the founder of Hope North, is a well-known Ugandan dance and theater artist whose family was directly affected by the war in the north. He and his brother Godfrey were abducted, and Godfrey was eventually killed by rebels. Hope North was created to give education, vocational training, community and hope to some of these young victims, while preserving their Acholi heritage. Read more about the situation in Uganda.
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