Uganda-Resources

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=//**1. Uganda [6]**//=

This excellent website contains comprehensive information about Uganda. This website teaches basic facts about Uganda including geography, government, history, culture and much more. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108066.html

=//**2. Uganda: Generations of Displacement [5]**//=

For nearly two decades, Uganda's civil war forced many men, women and children to flee from their homes. This website includes many personal stories. Through these, we are able to gain a greater understanding about the crisis happening in Uganda. http://www.mercycorps.org/silentdisasters/ugandadisplacement&source=1171?gclid=CMyV58v6z4sCFREChgodI1cuAA

=//**3. Forced to Flee: Uganda's Young "Night Commuters" [3]**//=

Each night in Northern Uganda, tens of thousands of children leave their homes to find safe hiding places away from the rebel force. This rebel force kidnaps children and forces them to join the rebel army. This website shows us ways we can get educated about this situations and help these children. http://www.theirc.org/where/page-28828228.html

=4. //**Between Two Fires**: Torture and Displacement in Northern Uganda [1]//=

This website helps us understand the crisis is Northern Uganda, including updates about recent events. Background Information is also included about how terrible issue started. http://www.witness.org/index.php?option=com_rightsalert&Itemid=178&task=view&alert_id=47&gclid=COvUp_X9z4sCFQQRgQod3yUQ_w

=//**5. The IRC in Uganda [4]**//=

Many people wonder what the IRC (International Rescue Committee) is doing to help Uganda. This website gives us a background about Uganda and about what the IRC is doing for Uganda. http://www.theirc.org/where/the_irc_in_uganda.html

=//**6. Invisible Children [2]**//=

In 2003, three American boys went to Africa looking for an experience to keep with them for their whole lives. What they found turned out to be much more. Their story is in the process of being turned into a full length movie about the children in Africa that are hiding from the rebel armies. This website gives information about what can be done to help these invisible children. http://www.invisiblechildren.com/theMovie/



=Resources= 1. “Between Two Fires, Torture and Displacement in Northern Uganda.” WITNESS. 06 May 2007. <[|http://www.witness.org/index.php?option=com_rightsalert&Itemid=178&task=view&alert_id=47&gclid=COvUp_X9z4sCFQQRg] [|Qod3yUQ_w.]>

2. “Can a Story Change the World.” Invisible Children. 06 May 2007.<[|http://www.invisiblechildren.com/theMovie/.]>

3. “Forced to Flee: Uganda's Young "Night Commuters." International Rescue Committee. 06 May 2007. 

4. “The IRC in Uganda.” International Rescue Committee. 06 May 2007.

5. “Uganda: Generations of Displacement.” Mercy Corps. 06 May 2007. 

6. "Uganda: History, Geography, Government, and Culture." Infoplease.© 2000–2007 Pearson Education, publishing as Infoplease. 06 May 2007. <[|http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108066.html>.]

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