October 25, 2007

Gulu Walk 2007 -- A Success!

Gulu Walk 2007 in Washington, DC
The weather in DC was perfect last weekend as over a hundred people walked in the nation's capital for peace in Northern Uganda. The event began with a speach by John Prendergast with the Enough Project which seeks to end genocide. Prendergast was an advisor to the White House in the mid 1990s as well as a senior advisor with the International Crisis Group. The walk started and ended at John Marshall Park with demonstrators walking past the White House. Participants hope the demonstrations will bring increased awareness of the conflict and generate needed funds for relief and development in N Uganda.

Other organizations present at the event (in the form of information booths) were Lutheran World Relief and the Africa Faith and Justice Network.

October 12, 2007

It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

October 11, 2007

"Little Flowers"

What you are doing to change the world.

I added a news section on the right hand side of this blog so I will be doing less of my own updating; however, I will try to highlight important developments.

October 7, 2007


Though night commuting (see previous posts) has stopped in N Uganda, the need for definitive peace is ever present.

With the slow moving peace talks, hope has emerged within communities displaced by war. However, real peace remains elusive for the Acholi people, many who have lived in Internally Diplaced Person (IDP) Camps most of their lives.

Gulu Walk is a non-profit organization started by two people in 2005 as a way to raise awareness about the plight of the night commuters of N Uganda. Today Gulu Walk has spread internationally. On October 20, 2007 thousands will walk for the children of Northern Uganda. Will you be one of them?

Check out www.guluwalk.com to sign up for a Gulu Walk near you.

Participating in the Washington, DC Gulu Walk? Send me a message!