Emotional confusion “How do you ask the next question when a child has looked you in the eye and told you that his father, mother and siblings were hacked to death in front of them or a mother tells you of how her children were grabbed from her hands and taken never to be seen again” So many of the international visitors were trying to find out more/learn more about the lives/living conditions/experiences of the people in Gulu.

Alas the conference was a success, while many people in the world look at issues that impress the global media people at the conference were building the foundations of social change in Gulu (a war zone for the last 20 years). Children making peacetiles in the dark aided by the flashlights of a car, tackling aids/ART drug issues, community microfinance, clean drinking water etc

And the there was white trucks! Many of the delegates saw how their donations and government donations are spent. The fuel guzzling, expensive to maintain white four wheel expensive to buy trucks. Many swore to themselves, cursed and were disappointed with how their donation money was spent to give extra comfort to those who work in these ‘reputable’ to travel around the country.

A solution they can applaud is not to only give but to buy products from people in these areas so that they do not live in the aid thought pattern and start working to rebuild their lives (lifeinafrica.com)

More reactions to come.