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Hearing families' stories in northern Uganda
Published on 19 June 2013
By Kirstin Gleeson, Supporter Relations Officer, ChildFund Australia
I was quite nervous about visiting northern Uganda, even though the civil war there has been over for a number of years. This was my first trip to Africa and I was there to check on our child sponsorship systems and meet with sponsored children and their families...
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Why I am in favour of the jab
Published on 04 June 2013
By Larissa Tuohy, Communications Manager, ChildFund Australia
In 1970, as a young infant about to travel to the United States, I was given the smallpox vaccine. While Australia had been largely free of this disease since the early 1900s, there still remained a risk, although minor, of contracting the infection in America. It would not be until 1980 that the World Health Organisation would officially declare that smallpox had been eradicated worldwide...
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'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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'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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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...
