Lost Children Memorial » Lord’s Resistance Army http://memorial.riseinternationalcic.org Established by RISE International Foundation to honor the memory of deceased individuals born and/or raised in cults. Sat, 24 Jul 2010 05:56:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Lost Children Memorial Day event in Gulu, Uganda http://memorial.riseinternationalcic.org/gulu/ http://memorial.riseinternationalcic.org/gulu/#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:15:18 +0000 RISE International http://memorial.riseinternationalcic.org/?p=1236

On August 10, 2008. RISE International affiliate United Youth Action for Progress held a memorial event at the Kaunda Ground in Gulu, Uganda to remember the children that have been abducted and killed by the Lord’s Resistance Army and other cults during the armed conflict in Northern Uganda.  Following the event, UYAP Programme Director and Lost Children Memorial Day coordinator Emmanuel Mwaka Lutukumoi sent us the the following update:

In Gulu, the Lost Children memorial day was celebrated in style. The United Youth Action for Progress (UYAP), the main organiser invited 26 schools and orphanage groups. The NGOs, UNICEF, Save the Children in Uganda, Invisible children, TASO Uganda, CPAR Uganda, CSOPNU,and the Gulu District Local Government attended.

The Gulu chairman, Norbert Mao, who was guest Speaker at the event, gave a very painful apology to children in Northern Uganda that ” Please we are sorry and forgive us, the government and your parents for not protecting you!” He said they will support the initiative to construct a memorial for the Lost unknown children and all improve on Education as a way of reintegration and protect children’s rights.

United Youth Action for progress said this is the launch pad to start the search for the lost children who are still alive. UNICEF called on everybody to protect the dignity and rights of every child whether abducted or not.

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]]> http://memorial.riseinternationalcic.org/gulu/feed/ 0 Lord’s Resistance Army http://memorial.riseinternationalcic.org/lra/ http://memorial.riseinternationalcic.org/lra/#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:42:56 +0000 RISE International http://memorial.riseinternationalcic.org/?p=538 The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) is a millenarian religious cult and rebel militia group operating in Northern Uganda and parts of Sudan. It was founded in 1987 by Joseph Kony and for more than two decades has waged a campaign of horrific violence and terror that has claimed the lives of thousands of children. Over the years, it has abducted and enslaved tens of thousands of children and forced some of them to be child soldiers while forcing others to be the child brides of LRA commanders. Abducted children caught trying to escape are murdered. The Lord’s Resistance Army is notorious for its widespread practice of murder, rape, torture, mutilation and child sexual abuse. In 2005, the International Criminal Court indicted Kony and other LRA leaders for crimes against humanity.

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