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TORORO, UGANDA
 The location of Uganda in Africa presents its own unique set of challenges and benefits for the people living there. Uganda borders Sudan, Lake Victoria, Tanzania, Rwanda, the Congo and Kenya. This is the area where Give Us Wings is present—in the eastern town of Tororo along the Kenya border. Meet the people of Tororo—the farmers, the widows, the orphans in Kayoro; the men and women with disabilities in the Mari Group; the women and children in Ngiyo Ber who have created a new life outside of the slums and the member of the Hare Group who hope to do the same; the beekeepers, the people selling vegetables, the women digging with hand held hoes to make a few cents in the fledgling Dio Chuny and Katona Mbera Groups. Each has their own story. But they are bound together with common threads of desperation, determination, care and hope. They are all looking to Give Us Wings, and to each other, as their only hope of giving their children a life of safety, health and education. |
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 The Mari Group in Uganda consists of 26 families in which at least one family member has a disability. Polio, malaria, birth defects, poor nutrition, and untreated injuries leave people with physical challenges. These challenges are not easily accepted by many of the people in their town. The Mari members are often looked at as inferior or frightening. |
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 They are valiant, intelligent, some serious, some funny, some shy, some not. They are the hard-working, loyal, generous, courageous, determined–oh so determined–women of Ngiyo Ber. They lived in a slum in Bison, Uganda. Many were farmers who fled war and/or famine in Northern Uganda anywhere from 10 to 26 years ago. The core group literally found each other roaming in the bush with children, siblings, or perhaps a husband (although most of the men had been killed or died of disease). They formed a loose band and settled in the Bison slum of Tororo, Uganda. |
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Read more... [Ngiyo Ber Women's Group]
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 Kayoro Village is located just outside Tororo, Uganda. It is in the eastern part of Uganda, very near to the Kenyan border. Give Us Wings met the 40 families in the Kayoro Farmers Group in 1998. Kayoro means “walking together in the pursuit of knowledge” - men, women and children are walking together. In this village, the people solve problems by meeting and forming consensus. The high prevalence of HIV/AIDS, malaria, typhoid, and other diseases means the number of orphaned children in this area is growing at an alarming rate. |
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Read more... [Kayoro Group Project]
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The Hare Group consists of 36 members living in the filthy and dangerous Bison Slums in Tororo, Uganda where the Ngiyo Ber Women once lived. They are women ages 20-40. 95% of the women are illiterate, forced to leave school in primary grades because of lack of funds. Some have not attended school. All have children. |
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Read more... [Hare Group]
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Meet the people of Tororo—the farmers, the widows, the orphans in Kayoro; the men and women with disabilities in the Mari Group; the women and children in Ngiyo Ber who have created a new life outside of the slums and the member of the Hare Group who hope to do the same; the beekeepers, the people selling vegetables, the women digging with hand held hoes to make a few cents in the fledgling Dio Chuny and Katona Mbera Groups. |
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