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Meet Christopher, the oldest boy at the ChildVoice Centre in Lukodi. The son of Grace, he is a child who has bore more in his short seven years than one can comprehend. It is told that he was born in the bush, a son to the third in command of the LRA. It is told that after his mother’s escape, they moved quickly ever fearful of being found by their captors. Christopher ended up on the street, moving from place to place with his war- weary mother, until they found solace and an opportunity to heal at the ChildVoice Centre. Read Christopher’s story… |
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A Watering Can and Fertilizer in One Hand and a Machete in the Other…
As the early morning light crept in on June 20th, the sounds of girls chattering and laughing broke through the darkness. They had been up since 4:30 preparing food for the biggest day of ChildVoice’s short history. As they went about their work, their excitement couldn’t be contained. In between their chores, they could be seen ironing their blouses and skirts on the veranda of the school. They rushed around getting their kids bathed and dressed, hoping that they would stay clean until the event started later that morning. They had practiced their welcome presentation for weeks because finally, after months of delays and postponements, the official launch of ChildVoice’s program was to take place at Lukodi Centre. The guest list was long and everyone was keyed up because Norbert Mao, the top official in Gulu District, and Walter Ochora, the Resident District Commissioner, were both coming. Other officials from Gulu District, church and community leaders, and other guests from the US and northern Uganda had also responded -- so a big crowd was expected.
As per usual in Uganda, the start time of 11 am came and went. Over the course of the late morning hours, the crowd had swelled to over 1000 in anticipation of the big event. Music blared from the tent set up in the compound of the Centre. Kids could be seen dancing on the walls of the old school just outside the fence, elevated so that they could see into the compound. Soldiers stood at the gate allowing only those who were invited guests to enter. Kids crowded at the gate, one or two sneaking through each time the soldiers’ attention was diverted. Members of Lukodi and Kulubel communities without guest status stood several deep outside the fence…
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As summer comes to a close, vacations are over, kids are back to school and daily life
resumes a familiar schedule, take a moment to remember the children in war-torn
countries like Uganda. There are children who are just now able to return to school after
months or years of being kept away from their homes, families and the privilege of an
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children and their families are in desperate need of
necessities that we enjoy every day: shelter, adequate food, clothing and good health.
Please ask yourself what it is that you can do that will help a child find moments of peace
that could last them a lifetime.
Your gift of $500, $200, $100, $50 or even $20 will assist ChildVoice in providing housing, nutrition, education, and spiritual and emotional growth to children and their
families who desperately yearn for ways to cope with the horrifying events that have
shaped their lives. With your assistance, ChildVoice can help them. Give these children
a voice—a voice that they can pass on to the next generations.
Also, remember that a monthly gift will help us even more! Click on the Amplified! link
and join our monthly giving club today!
Thank You |
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This summer, college students from Rhode Island and California formed Uganda Hope, a program that took them from home to a place far away- the ChildVoice Centre in Lukodi. This was a place where they demonstrated their ablilities, talents and giving hearts to the child mothers and their children. One student, Alana, from Brown University, shares her experience… Read more
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What if ChildVoice International earned a penny every time you searched the Internet? Or how about if a percentage of every purchase you made online went to support the work that ChildVoice is doing with child mothers and their children? Well, now it can!
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ChildVoice Amplified!
Check out our website www.childvoiceintl.org to find out how you can continue to change the lives of many mothers and children through ChildVoice Amplified!, a recurring donation program. ChildVoice Amplified! donors are able to contribute to over 40 child mothers and their children’s wellbeing and education at ChildVoice centers, like the one in Lukodi, northern Uganda.
Come along and join us!
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UGANDA: Former LRA captives in Lango decry stigmatisation Read more
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