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Blog: Views from the village

  • Grace lost her husband and son during the LRA war

    What Kony and the LRA did to our family

    Published on 07 May 2013

    By Lalam Grace, mother and grandmother, Northern Uganda

    My name is Lalam Grace. Before the LRA war, our lives were good. The community was happy and we were peaceful. My husband and first-born son were alive. We were able to do business and had enough money. We had over 50 cows. We also had goats and sheep. They were all killed in the war; it impacted our lives tremendously. You can see the way we are now...

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  • Lynne visiting an early childhood centre in Ecuador

    'I am proud to work in child sponsorship'

    Published on 30 April 2013

    By Ashleigh Yardy, Communications Intern, ChildFund Australia

    Lynne Joseph is many things to ChildFund Australia – not only is she the director of Supporter Relations, she is our longest-standing employee, the go-to lady for anything sponsorship related and that person in the office who could make even a brick wall seem funny. Lynne began her journey at ChildFund over 17 years ago. To her, ChildFund is like a family: “For me that family isn’t just here, it stretches to our program countries and beyond...”

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  • ChildFund employee Hannan is visually impaired

    'If I can succeed, so can you!'

    Published on 22 April 2013

    By Hannan Endale, Inclusive Programming Specialist, ChildFund Ethiopia

    As a person with a disability, I know firsthand what it means to live a life of segregation. And I know the feeling of being discriminated against and unaccepted because of one’s abilities. Having experienced those feelings, it is more than a pleasure to be part of ChildFund’s mission to support children with disability...

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  • Playing sport for the first time in their lives

    'I am a girl, I can play!'

    Published on 11 April 2013

    By Chris Mastaglio, Country Director, ChildFund Laos

    ChildFund Australia has been working in Laos for close to four years and made a decision to start using sport in our work two years ago. The role of sport is often overlooked in development, but we see it as a high-quality, low-cost tool that can be used to promote child protection, rights and participation in a fun way for kids, while also providing educational and health benefits...

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  • Former sponsored child Tony is now a qualified vet

    From sponsored child to veterinary doctor

    Published on 27 March 2013

    ChildFund is celebrating 75 years of working with children by sharing inspiring stories like Tony's...

    Growing up in an area plagued by war is unimaginable to most people. When that war is one in which children are being abducted to become child soldiers, it is even more terrifying. This was the childhood experienced by Tony, a former sponsored child from Uganda, who recalls having to flee the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), led by the infamous Joseph Kony...

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