News in brief
Jan 27, 2008
<b>Satellite camps lack water</b><br>PADER - The newly-created satellite camps for the internally displaced people who have moved nearer to their villages in Pajule sub-county do not have clean water.
Satellite camps lack water
PADER - The newly-created satellite camps for the internally displaced people who have moved nearer to their villages in Pajule sub-county do not have clean water. The LC3 chairman, Alphonse Omona Lokilamoi, recently told The New Vision that 11 out of 24 camps lacked clean drinking water. They are Lamir Lwala, Kibong 'A,'Ogan Ayila, Lajwiny, Ociga, Angakotoki, Kibong 'B',Lanyatono,Biwang, Amoko Lagwai and Lacektar. He appealed to the district administration and NGOs to drill boreholes in the area.
Charity group returns
ARUA - Members of the Knoxville Jazz for Justice Project, a US-based pressure group that helps children with psycho-social problems, has returned. The group, which was initiated in 2006, helps children overcome trauma and rebuild their lives after the 21-year-long insurgency in the north. The group, which includes musicians, religious and community activists, uses music, especially jazz, to initiate social healing and transformation.Their leader, Lindsay McClain, said they organised a jazz concert at the World Grotto in Knoxville on November 2 last year and raised over $10,000 for the project.
Youth project launched
AMOLATAR - The Amolatar Save the Youth Association has been launched in a bid to alleviate poverty in the district. The association, which comprises more than 200 youths, was launched by the Northern Uganda Youth MP, Dennis Hamson Obua, recently. He urged the youth to engage in income-generating projects to fight poverty. The LC5 chairman, Alfred Adoli Ogwok, commended the youth for establishing the project, saying it would improve their incomes.
PADER - The newly-created satellite camps for the internally displaced people who have moved nearer to their villages in Pajule sub-county do not have clean water. The LC3 chairman, Alphonse Omona Lokilamoi, recently told The New Vision that 11 out of 24 camps lacked clean drinking water. They are Lamir Lwala, Kibong 'A,'Ogan Ayila, Lajwiny, Ociga, Angakotoki, Kibong 'B',Lanyatono,Biwang, Amoko Lagwai and Lacektar. He appealed to the district administration and NGOs to drill boreholes in the area.
Charity group returns
ARUA - Members of the Knoxville Jazz for Justice Project, a US-based pressure group that helps children with psycho-social problems, has returned. The group, which was initiated in 2006, helps children overcome trauma and rebuild their lives after the 21-year-long insurgency in the north. The group, which includes musicians, religious and community activists, uses music, especially jazz, to initiate social healing and transformation.Their leader, Lindsay McClain, said they organised a jazz concert at the World Grotto in Knoxville on November 2 last year and raised over $10,000 for the project.
Youth project launched
AMOLATAR - The Amolatar Save the Youth Association has been launched in a bid to alleviate poverty in the district. The association, which comprises more than 200 youths, was launched by the Northern Uganda Youth MP, Dennis Hamson Obua, recently. He urged the youth to engage in income-generating projects to fight poverty. The LC5 chairman, Alfred Adoli Ogwok, commended the youth for establishing the project, saying it would improve their incomes.