Comments on: No where to turn http://summercamp08.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/no-where-to-turn-july18th-2008/ Andrea and Lara from Padibe IDP Camp, Northern Uganda. Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:42:56 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: erin baines http://summercamp08.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/no-where-to-turn-july18th-2008/#comment-62 erin baines Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:12:25 +0000 http://summercamp08.wordpress.com/?p=137#comment-62 There is new report on IRIN on women and girls in northern Uganda in case anyone would like to know more information on this topic... http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79306 Best, E There is new report on IRIN on women and girls in northern Uganda in case anyone would like to know more information on this topic…

http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79306

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]]> By: christine http://summercamp08.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/no-where-to-turn-july18th-2008/#comment-61 christine Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:31:06 +0000 http://summercamp08.wordpress.com/?p=137#comment-61 Erin put it very succinctly. It was very difficult to read, the feeling of helplessness is hard to accept. Definitely in my prayers c Erin put it very succinctly. It was very difficult to read, the feeling of helplessness is hard to accept. Definitely in my prayers
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]]> By: erin baines http://summercamp08.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/no-where-to-turn-july18th-2008/#comment-56 erin baines Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:46:54 +0000 http://summercamp08.wordpress.com/?p=137#comment-56 Hi Andrea Thanks for this thoughtful, heartfelt report of what I am sure was a difficult day. This is it, meeting the harsh realities at moments you least expect: during a celebration of dance, in a child's school room, on your way to life giving water. Nancy Shepher-Hughs write about 'invisible' genocides. How malnutrition, disease, chronic poverty slowly and silently kills a people. How such conditions give birth to violence: rape of children, women, domestic abuse. In Pajule I recall seeing a sign outside a school that read 'No Sex for Gifts' - if kids arent being raped, they are exploited. Grown men with relative power offer food or shelter for sex. Invisible rape? Nancy Shelpher Hughs also writes about resilence, how people cope with long terms violence and crisis by embracing moments to celebrate life, the photos of the kids at school and dance illustrate how one can be a victim, but that does not reduce you to being a person, a child, without the vibrancy and desire to live. Thinking of you, Erin Hi Andrea
Thanks for this thoughtful, heartfelt report of what I am sure was a difficult day. This is it, meeting the harsh realities at moments you least expect: during a celebration of dance, in a child’s school room, on your way to life giving water. Nancy Shepher-Hughs write about ‘invisible’ genocides. How malnutrition, disease, chronic poverty slowly and silently kills a people. How such conditions give birth to violence: rape of children, women, domestic abuse. In Pajule I recall seeing a sign outside a school that read ‘No Sex for Gifts’ – if kids arent being raped, they are exploited. Grown men with relative power offer food or shelter for sex. Invisible rape? Nancy Shelpher Hughs also writes about resilence, how people cope with long terms violence and crisis by embracing moments to celebrate life, the photos of the kids at school and dance illustrate how one can be a victim, but that does not reduce you to being a person, a child, without the vibrancy and desire to live. Thinking of you, Erin

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