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In Northern Uganda radio is supporting the moves towards peace and reconciliation. Local radio stations carry programming that encourages LRA members, sympathizers and abducted children to engage in dialogue and the peace process.
Ex-Combatants, Women, and Children in Uganda
Powered by either wind-up human energy or solar power, the Lifeline radio is designed specifically to connect people in remote communities to the information network. Constructed to operate in the harshest of conditions and climates, the Lifeline radio is rugged, colorful, easy to use and carry, receives excellent AM, FM, and two shortwave frequencies and plays for many hours non-stop. It is available to aid and donor organizations for developmental and humanitarian initiatives.
In partnership with John Coghill and Radio Waa in Lira and Mama FM in Kampala, Lifeline radios were distributed to young women in the Tree Planting Women’s Group. These young women, who were forced out of school and ostracized because of unwanted pregnancies, are learning to become self sufficient by growing fruit trees and trees for fencing. Lifeline radios were also given to women farming groups in north eastern Uganda.
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