Archive for August, 2010

“Yeah, of course you love me!” -Annet

As you’ve probably gathered from Annet’s interview and other POH posts, there’s a tremendous emphasis on education in Uganda.  Without it, quite simply, children are doomed to a life of abject poverty, and in many cases, prostitution.  Though I certainly believe that educating young women is paramount to their future success, it pales in comparison [...]

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Annet’s Story

Annet was born in Northern Uganda in 1993, six years after Joseph Kony formed The Lord’s Resistance Army to incite an armed rebellion against the Ugandan government. For well over twenty years the LRA has been responsible for pandemic devastation including murder, rape, abduction, mutilation, forcing children to participate in hostilities, and the sexual [...]