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Teacher Exchange // Florence is back
May 20, 2013 by Bethany Williams
The brightly painted walls of the classroom are showing signs of wear: paint chipped, smudges from the hundreds of sweaty hands and the dry season that whips storms of red dust up from the roads to coat trees, grass and buildings. Rows of wooden benches seat high school students, dressed smartly in their matching uniforms. [...] Read More
Teacher Exchange: What Harriet Brought Back
May 1, 2013 by Bethany Williams
I’m sitting near the front of the 140 student classroom at Keyo Secondary School on top of a hill in northern Uganda. Acan Harriet jumps right into the lesson. She has a dry, matter-of-fact tone as she delves into English grammar with her high school class. A cell phone rings with a hit club song. [...] Read More
Catching up to the kids
April 24, 2013 by Bethany Williams
Patrick Ocan is a member of the Village Savings and Loan Associations group Pur Kwiri Alok, which has the optimistic meaning “there is no loss in farming.” Everyone in the group is a farmer. For many members of the group, life has been about survival. Completing an education had to be put on the back [...] Read More
Uganda: Photo Friday
March 22, 2013 by Bethany Williams
Students at Invisible Children Uganda partner school Sir Samuel Baker wash up after class. Invisible Children partners with 11 schools in northern Uganda to build structures such as laboratories, classrooms and dormitories, and to conduct trainings for teachers and students on a variety of topics from academic to how to improve hygiene on campus.
Legacy Scholarship: sparking conversation
February 12, 2013 by Germina Nanfuka
“Reproductive health is a topic not many parents and youth in Uganda openly talk about; this has posed a major challenge in the lives of many youth in northern Uganda,” says Patience Ayecan, a specialist working with Reproductive Health Uganda. Patience, a guest speaker at the Legacy Scholarship Program (LSP) students and parent/guardian gathering was [...] Read More
Uganda: Photo Friday
February 8, 2013 by Bethany Williams
The finishing touches are being put on the Schools for Schools (S4S) project at Sacred Heart School in Gulu. The completed project is a three-story building with 18 classrooms. The top two floors were built by Invisible Children Uganda with the help of schools across the US who donated in the S4S campaign. The Schools [...] Read More
What keeps David laughing
January 29, 2013 by Bethany Williams
“I hate it when someone says ‘I cannot do something.’ Anyone in this world can do something to make a difference.” David Ocitti sits in his friend Patrick’s home, looking through photos from his graduation last Saturday. David has relentlessly pursued his education, despite all setbacks. Held captive by the LRA for 6 months, David [...] Read More
Schools for Schools: there’s always more to learn
January 25, 2013 by Germina Nanfuka
Teachers from Invisible Children Uganda partner schools were given an opportunity to acquire new computer knowledge, skills and working methods through a one week computer training at Sacred Heart School. The training, conducted this week by Schools for Schools (S4S), is designed to support teachers and build their capacity to help students. Computer applications like [...] Read More
Welcome to Invisible Children Uganda
January 21, 2013 by Bethany Williams
Just this morning, we welcomed a group of students and staff from Franklin College in Indiana who were traveling through Uganda and decided to swing by the Invisible Children Uganda (ICU) office while in Gulu. Obviously everyone can’t just hop on a plane to Uganda, but we thought you might like a peek inside the [...] Read More
The results will come: a Ugandan businessman’s perspective
January 14, 2013 by Bethany Williams
In the Invisible Children Uganda (ICU) lobby display case, some small reed bracelets caught the eye of Mr. Owor Deogratius Fredrick, director of Rocola Robugeco Uganda Ltd. printing company in Gulu. Fredrick remembered seeing his parents wear the simple, adjustable bracelets when he was a child, and they always held a fascination for him. “I [...] Read More
