THIS post is to give a quick update on the donations and messages that I have received via the GoFundMe account that I set up. The account is deactivated now because I am no longer accepting donations (however, I may again in the future) but, I will continue to update this blog with posts focused …
“ON December 15 I took my wife, who was very sick, to the hospital. She was diagnosed with typhoid fever and so she was admitted… later that night she died.” Ronnie (not his real name) explained to me. He was speaking in uncontrollable bursts and the alcohol on …
THE time that I spent with Luke (not his real name) stands out starkly in my memories of Kyaka II. His stories alone were memorable, but he also had an unforgettable softness to his character that I will not forget. He introduced me to his three-year-old twins, a …
AS you make your way along the bumpy dirt road into Kyaka II Refugee Settlement you will pass through Bukere zone, aka the “capital” of Kyaka. In Bukere you will find refugee-run bars, restaurants, and small shops selling everything from homemade alcohol to kids toys. When the electricity …
MARCUS (not his real name) currently lives in Kyaka II Refugee Settlement with his 3 children: a 15-year-old boy, 12-year-old girl, and 9-year-old boy. A friend in the settlement introduced me to Marcus in January 2015 when I visited the settlement for the first time. He was living in the …
“WHEN I discovered that my wife had been killed, I found my daughter and two sons and we left immediately”, Marcus [not his real name] explained to me as we sat in the blistering sun on broken, plastic chairs. Behind us was his rectangular, one-room house made of …
KYAKA II refugee settlement is located in rural southwest Uganda and is home for more than 25,000 refugees and asylum seekers originating from diverse countries including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Malawi, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Congo. The settlement was first established in the early …
Single Fathers 