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Former child abductees at Gulu Support the Children Organization (GUSCO) Rehabilitation Center, Gulu, northern Uganda, Dec. 2005. Since the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) waged war against the Ugandan government more than two decades ago, northern Uganda had witnessed more than 30,000 children abducted. Their parents murdered and homes burnt down, children were kidnapped at night, taken to the LRA training camps (the Bush), forced to fight as soldiers or serve as sex slaves. Reintegrating former abductees back to normal life had become the objective of many aid organizations..

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Former child abductees at Gulu Support the Children Organization (GUSCO) Rehabilitation Center, Gulu, northern Uganda, Dec. 2005. Since the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) waged war against the Ugandan government more than two decades ago, northern Uganda had witnessed more than 30,000 children abducted. Their parents murdered and homes burnt down, children were kidnapped at night, taken to the LRA training camps (the Bush), forced to fight as soldiers or serve as sex slaves. Reintegrating...
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abductee, Acholi, bench, doorway light, former child soldier, war-affected, kitchen, Lord's Resistance Army, LRA, northern Uganda, rehabilitation, reintegration, therapy, Uganda, Ugandan, young African woman

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