LightForce International Fights HIV In Uganda:
Just £2 will protect a new born baby from HIV

Carol Bellamy (UNICEF) visited Northern Uganda in May 2004 and said, “Uganda is home to one of the worst humanitarian crisis in the world today.”

Atrocities committed by a rebel force called the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) have seen c.1.4 million people displaced from their village homes and living in displaced people’s camps.

Thousands of children have witnessed violence & killings, been abducted to serve as porters, become sex slaves or fight with the rebels. Indeed many have been left as orphans.

LightForce International has worked in Lira in Northern Uganda since January 2004 and worked in the camps at the height of the crisis. As a result of a holding peace the population has moved from the camps back to their homesteads—rebuilding their homes and working their land. The process of return and rebuilding has been a difficult one as most of the infrastructure was destroyed or neglected during the years of insurgency.

LightForce International has supported the return process and worked with communities with special emphasis on the education and health sector. LightForce has enjoyed partnerships with Unicef, Memisa Belgium, and the Government of Belgium.

Our projects have included:

• Distributing non-food Items to households that are returning home from camps
• Working with children with special needs
• Establishing early childhood development centres for pre-primary children
• Distribution of educational resources & school uniforms to school children
• Supplying mosquito nets and teaching people how to use them
• Sponsoring children to attend school
• School construction, supplying desks, and school monitoring and development
• Construction of housing for school teachers
• Renovating health centres & construction of housing for health workers
• Provision of essential medical supplies, drugs, & equipment, plus health centre monitoring.
• Partnering with UNICEF & MEMISA BELGIUM

Our work in Uganda presents a great opportunity to work with and help children in need.

We are currently working in the Districts of Oyam, Pader, and Agago.

Volunteer Teams Needed for Multiple Projects

Are you interested in helping out with our project in Uganda as a volunteer? Please visit our Volunteer Page for more information. Alternatively, you can contact LightForce on: 01908 553070 or email: missions@lightforce.org.uk for more information.