On the last Day of the conference, we watched a documentary titled " the Gorvernance Gap" it forcused on northern Uganda, made me Proud again that i was an Acholi, Pround to be part of them, When you are born, you never choose who you want your parents to be and in the same way you never choose what tribe you want to belong to or which country you want to belong to, i am Ugandan i i was born in Uganda, i am proud to be coming from the tribe of Acholi, watching this documentary made me remember my grandparents and all the people in northern Uganda who suffered the war, made me both sad and Strong in a way that i can do something for my people, that i can restore the hope that they once lost can be restored, i prayed and asked father what can i do, how can i be of help to the people who speak my mother tongue to the people who are crying out there, they are afraid, they do not know what to do,they are hopeless and yet they still stand everyday and hope things will get better, some resort to alcohol to hide their fears and frustrations, some commit suicide and others run away from hoem, some join the army not becausethey want to but it it the last resort they do not know what to do or wehre to go they have lost their culture, their childhood and their youth, they have lost their gender identities in terms of providing for their families when it comes to the men and the women have lost their values due to being raped,they do not feel like they are part of Uganda, they feel neglected and rejected, they do not know their crime they cry out for forgiveness and do not know what wrong they have done, they are my people, they are Acholi People, they are Luo.
the life they once know is now gone, they gracefully danced in circles and lifted each other in praise, and now their songs are sad even as they dance in circles their songs now is about how many loved ones they have lost and how hopeless life is .Can i change the songs again, can i help them compose new songs of restoration and hope, can i help then still dance in circles and maintain the culture, can i help them in anyway, whether we like it or not we can not change the past but i am sure we can change the future, What can i do for the future Generation of my people in Northern Uganda, Kitgum district? what can i do Father Help me Help me God, its not my fault that i Am LUO.
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