By KT Reporter
War victims under their umbrella, War Victims and Children Networking Initiative have called on the government to support them against rejection by community members.
Stella Lanam, Director of War Victims and Children Networking Initiative revealed that many war victims are being rejected by the communities and also face a lot of challenges within the communities they lived.
Stella further noted that there have been many efforts by the government to support communities in northern Uganda but it was at the time when communities were still in the camps.
William Openy, Program Manager War Victims and Children Networking Initiative said that victims are being stigmatized by community members and are running away from the community.
Openy noted that this has forced many victims into renting houses in semi-urban areas and slums in order to survive which has made their lives miserable.
Akello Sandra Otika, a student at Gulu University and a victim told URN that many of them as children born in captivity and children of victims are failing to secure tuition for their studies due to lack of resources.
Sandra however appeals to the government and well-wishers to come in and support them in sponsorship so that they can access education which is very instrumental to their lives.
Sheikh Musa Khalil, Regional Assistant to the Mufti of Northern Uganda urged the government to speed up their interventions to support these victims of war since their lives are very miserable.
Khalil further noted that the government needs to come out and put special interventions that could see that the life of the victims change for good and also for their inclusion in the community.
On 13th February 2019, Parliament of Uganda passed a resolution to support formerly abducted women and children born in captivity during the period Northern Uganda was engulfed with rebel activities and the then Speaker of Parliament asked the office of the prime minister to intervene and support the victims-URN. Give us feedback on this story through our email: kamwokyatimes@gmail.com
