Uganda: Planting Hope
Watch our documentary about war-torn Northern Uganda, which marked the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights at the “We the Peoples” film festival 2008
Planting Hope documents the severe trauma caused by 20 years of conflict in Northern Uganda, and highlights the emergence of hope as the population start to rebuild their lives.
Fought between the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and the Uganda Government, the long conflict is one of the worst recent examples of human rights abuses in the world.
Over two decades more than 26,000 people were abducted, many of them children and, at one time, more than 95% of the population were forced out of their homes to live in over-crowded and dirty camps.
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Part 1 of 3: After 20 years of conflict, causing 90% of its population to move into camps and become reliant on food aid, the people of Northern Uganda are beginning to return home, supported by CAFOD partner Caritas Gulu |
Part 2 of 3: Caritas Gulu, a local CAFOD partner in Uganda, supports people as they return home after the long conflict. This clip showcases how it involves the local community as leaders in their own development |
Part 3 of 3: The work of CAFOD partner Caritas Gulu is bringing communities in Northern Uganda back together after 20 years of conflict. Those abducted and forced to fight are being reintegrated back into the community |
For every £1 given to our Give it up! appeal this Lent, including Lent Fast Day, the government will donate another £1 – doubling your donation and changing even more lives |
884 million people do not have access to clean, safe water. Pray with us this Lent that waters may flow and injustice may be washed away. |
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