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This page is dedicated to: the scores of children who have died in Gulu, northern Uganda; the children who have been abducted & robbed of any semblance of a normal life & who long to be reunited with their parents; the young boys & girls living with the sickening reality that they were forced to beat, shoot, & kill their own family members & friends; the beautiful young Ugandan girls who have been raped & sold in exchange for weapons by soldiers of the Lord’s Resistance Army; the good samaritans who have lost their lives trying in an effort to assist & save these children; & to all of our dear friends who are working to assist countries & peoples shackled by war, disease, poverty, & famine.
The video clip below was produced by
Seven Lampstands
As part of an initiation ceremony for kidnapped LRA child recruits, children as young as five years of age are forced to brutally attack other children or face execution themselves; as they are told by their captors, "kill, or be killed.". Since the beginning of the conflict in Northern Uganda nearly 21-years ago, the Lord's Resistance Army led by Joseph Kony, has kidnapped over 25,000 of these children & forced them to serve as soldiers & sex slaves. Children have been targets of LRA abductions throughout the conflict between the LRA and the Ugandan government in the northern part of Uganda, which began in 1986.
If you would care to lend your assistance by any means, please feel free to submit any questions or comments. Your assistance does not have to be restricted solely to financial contributions. Merely adding our project to your friends list & posting bulletins to promote & raise awareness to the plight of these children is a tremendous help & is deeply appreciated.
One Open Eye, Inc. is led by 25-yr old Ugandan-born Patricia Namyalo, ( patricia namyalo ) who currently works in the United States to ensure that the voices of these children do not go unheard. She has recently partnered with American-born musician Chris MacFhearghuis ( the rogue minstrel ) , who for ten years has independently used a mixture of progressive rock, world music, & psychedelia to examine human consciousness. Patricia & Chris have pledged their efforts to both the struggle for peace in northern Uganda & to the children of the Nazareth Children’s Home in Masaka, Uganda. Any questions or comments left on this page will be addressed personally by either Patricia or Chris.
One Open Eye's "Project Gulu" is also supported by Ugandan hip-hop artists Abramz & Sylvester, who through their music have managed to send out a positive message to these kids. Abramz is one of the founders & managers of the Breakdance Project which was founded to provide therapy to the children of Gulu, & he has worked extremely hard to put smiles on the faces of the disadvantaged children & orphans of the region, showing them through time & dedication that there are caring individuals who have not forgotten them.
"Project Gulu" is further assisted by AK-47, a member of SwampKamp , a dynamic African hip-hop ensemble born & based in Uganda. Their powerful performances of music filled with meaning & message led to a concert for peace in the war-torn northern town Gulu. This group continues to join up with the Blood Brothers for the Peace, Love & Unity Tour of West Nile during the Christmas & New Year period.
One of our hopes is to ensure that every school in Uganda is educating kids about the atrocities that are occurring in the northern region of their own country in the hopes that they will be empowered to make a difference by holding fundraisers that will assist Gulu children & provide for them a better life. You can help fill a void in these children’s lives by donating a blanket, clothing, pens, pencils, new & used books, & unwanted shoes.
Please view the videos on this profile to get a clearer picture of the situation in Gulu. There’s a very important poem that you might want to read & forward to friends to help. Leave an email address & request for the poem & we will be sure to send that to you as well.