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GDPU Resettlement Fundraiser
AP has teamed up with the Gulu Disabled Persons Union (GDPU) and Survivor Corps to raise funds for thousands of disabled internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Uganda who are being left behind as government camps empty.
The Gulu region was devastated by the long and brutal rebellion of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), and hundreds of thousands of citizens were forced into IDP camps. While the government is now urging people to leave the camps, many people with disabilities lack the basic resources to do so.
See photos from the IDP camps:
AP Peace Fellow Annelieke van de Wiel has put together an event in Kampala, Uganda that hopes to raise money and awareness among government officials and the general public.
All money raised will go toward the creation of "resettlement kits" to help these people begin the task of returning home. These kits will include wheelchairs, farming tools and seeds, oxen, housing materials, and general household items.
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How your donations will be put to work:
- A $25 donation buys a Household Kit which will provides families with cooking utensils, cups & plates.
- A $50 donation buys a Farming Kit which includes farming tools for 10 persons.
- An $100 donation will purchase a Housing Kit what will provide iron sheets for roofing one roomed house.
- Read Annelikeke's blog to learn more about her work with the GDPU.