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Lynchburg Gulu Sports Festival
Water For Life - Sports Festival Saturday, March 14 – Lynchburg College – Lynchburg, VA Join hundreds of people from the Lynchburg Community on the Campus of Lynchburg College to support Gifts for Gulu. Soccer and other sporting events will take place all day long – from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM – on the Shellenberger Field. Professional players [...]
Water for Life 5K Race
Sports Outreach Institute, Lynchburg College, Riverside Runners and Orthopaedic Center of Central Virginia will be hosting the 2nd annual Gifts for Gulu “Water for Life” 5K race and children’s one mile “Water for Gulu Fun Run” which will be held on March 14, 2009 at Lynchburg College’s Shellenberger track and surrounding campus. The race will benefit [...]
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From: Resolve Uganda The war in northern Uganda has raged now for 21 years, making it Africa’s longest running conflict and as one senior U.N. official described it “the world’s worst neglected humanitarian crisis.” The complex history of the region is at the root of both the longevity and magnitude of the crisis. The failure to [...]
From: Resolve Uganda One simple fact is crucial to understanding the consequences of two decades of conflict in northern Uganda: the people most vulnerable to the impacts of the war are those least responsible for perpetuating it. For two decades military and government elites in the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and the Ugandan government have [...]
Welcome to Gifts For Gulu
Gifts for Gulu is a ministry of Sports Outreach Institute with many differnt supporters, sponsors, and partners. The purpose of this ministry is to assist traumatized children and individuals living in the war zones of Northern Uganda by Building A New Foundation that will provide for the urgent needs of these people.
For the past 20 years, the people of Northern Uganda have endured a conflict involving the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and the government of Uganda. More than two million people (90% of the population) are now displaced and forced to live in squalid internally displaced persons (IDP) camps. These camps remain largely unprotected and vulnerable to LRA attacks and abductions. The LRA has kidnapped more than 30,000 children from their homes. For the displaced, life in the camps is extremely difficult as the overcrowding and poor sanitation conditions found in the camps has led to massive health concerns. The protracted nature of this conflict has created a humanitarian crisis that is among the world’s worst.
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