Backround Information
Northern Uganda experienced the longest running civil war in Africa between the rebel Lords Resistance Army (LRA) and the Uganda Peoples Defence Force (UPDF). LRA leader, Joseph Kony, believed he was guided by the Holy Spirit to cleanse the region of suffering. What this meant to him was genocide.
The LRA conducted nightly massacres where villages were burnt to the ground and the villagers slaughtered or gruesomely mutilated. Kony also abducted thousands of children to build his army of child soldiers and to serve as sex slaves. Northern Uganda is still reeling from the damage. Millions fled to Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps.

Present Day
Of the thousands of abducted children, former child soldiers, sex slaves and orphans, many live in the IDP camps, some have returned to their villages only to be shunned by suspicious elders, and others are still serving the LRA in hiding in the Congo. Ugandas communities were destroyed by the war and are still ravaged by HIV/AIDS today.
The LRA has fled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and for the last two years there has been peace in northern Uganda. The entire region has been left in shambles from the war but its people choose to move forward and focus on rebuilding their villages so that their children can receive proper education and not grow up in refugee camps with the constant fear of abduction.

What Were Doing
Phase I of Project Build is to:
-Build sustainable homes for refugee women and children
-prepare farm land to restore food security and cotton production based on a model of fair trade and sustainability
-Build a much-needed school (the school in Atiak is currently a bench under a tree)

Project Build is more than just a handful of volunteers from Canadait is a union of communities for a cause. From our community here in Canada to the community in Uganda, we are in this together

Calebs Hope

How To Help Rebuild Hope
Your donations will cover the cost of my trip to Atiak, Uganda.
Your sponsorship not only helps facilitate my trip but I want you to be a part of this experience.

Make a difference. Whether its $1 or $100- every donation counts.

Thank you,
Brittany Pierce