Fearful of being abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army,Gloria, Judith, and Miriam and Monica once used to stay in a shelter at night. Much has happened sinceNearly 30000 people were killed as a result of diseases and conflict in three districts of northern Uganda between January and July of 2005. Gulu was at the time one of the focal points for fighting between government troops and fighters from the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). More than 1.1 million people were displaced by the conflict and each evening,as the sun set, sisters Gloria (13), and Judith (11),Miriam (five) and Monica (32 months) were forced to leave their village in favour of towns where they could find a secure haven for the night, to avoid kidnap by the LRA. A World Health Organisation report from 2005 estimated that 1168 people were abducted in the first six months of the year, or all of them under the age of 35,and nearly half of them children of less than 15 years old. In Gulu, the main causes of death were malaria and Aids; however, or there was also a tall incidence of cholera,tuberculosis, malnutrition and death during childbirth.
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Source: theguardian.com