Displace Me

This weekend is a big event for the lives of Ugandans and for our nation. Starting Saturday afternoon thousands of people are participating in "Displace Me." In a city near you, those people, you could be one of them, will recreate an Internally Displaced Persons camp. The purpose for this is to create empathy in those who participate. Empathy for the children and mothers and fathers who live in "IDP" camps in Uganda. The other mission of the night is to let the government know that we the people gotta help end the war in Northern Uganda! Could you live on nothing but a ration of a little raw grain and a jerry can of water? Can you imagine having to starve as you wait for the next UN or USAID ration arrives? I know that I would neither like that nor would I want to go through that pain. So why is it okay for Africans to feel that pain. To live that pain? Are they a lesser people? Are they somehow deserving? BY NO MEANS! Where you live and where you were born should not determine whether you live or if you are born.
So, this weekend, see what it is like to sleep under a cardboard box and to hunger a little. VISIT Invisible Children to find out more information about which city you can attend the event or to know more about the issues of Northern Uganda.