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Ugandan Kids: From drudge work to homework [Photo Share]
Posted by joanne.offer on August 6th, 2008
In Moroto District, northern Uganda, the IRC is helping working children to get out of the workplace and back in to school. Children who come from poor backgrounds often have to drop out of school to earn money to help their families. For example, Lemukol-Betty, 15, used to work in a quarry, breaking up stones for just 5,000 Shillings a month – that’s about US$3. more »
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'HIV/AIDS does not make you a monster'
Posted by The.IRC on May 15th, 2008
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“I had no backpacks, no computers, no books" [This Week's Voices]
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on March 7th, 2008
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Uganda - Be a Piece of the Peace
Posted by The.IRC on January 15th, 2008
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Noted on TV - John Edwards' Trip to Uganda with the IRC
Posted by The.IRC on November 16th, 2007
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“So much work made me crazy”
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on October 24th, 2007
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"A willful state of denial" [This Week's Voices]
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on October 23rd, 2007
This week’s round-up of notable quotes from IRC people in the media. more »
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Hope for Northern Uganda
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on October 19th, 2007
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