Acholi Return to Farming with LWF Support
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Africa, Education, News, Peace and Justice, Tim Frakes Productions
The Lutheran World Federation is helping thousands of Acholi farmers return to traditional village life following 22 years of rebel warfare and child abduction in Northern Uganda.
Tags: Acholi, Africa, ELCA, Farming, Kitgum, LWF, Tim Frakes Productions, Uganda, Video
Ready to Forgive: An African Story of Grace
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Africa, Education, Faith Based Production, History, Politics
This is the short version of a documentary Jim Quattrocki and I began recording in Northern Uganda in October, 2006. Kevin Jacobson helped with logistics. Jim Parks edited the progam and wrote some of the music.
This is an African story of God’s amazing grace. Northern Uganda has been at war for twenty years. Those most affected, a tribal people known as the Acholi, or Luo people, endure rape, torture, and child abduction. Thousands have died. Others are missing. Two million people are displaced.
Most live in squalid camps for internally displaced persons, protected by government soldiers they often fear more than the rebels. Despite all this, the Acholi are united in the belief that the only real solution to the problem is reconciliation and forgiveness. The Acholi are ready to forgive.
For more on this documentary go to the ELCA web site: www.elca.org/mosaic/uganda
www.frakesproductions.com
Tags: Forgiveness, Kitgum, Lords Resistance Army, Uganda