Kitgum Night Commuters August 2004 -January 2006
7,000
6,000
5,000
Boys
4,000
Girls
3,000
Men
Women
2,000
1,000
Ju
l
Au y
gu
Se
st
pt
em
b
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N
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em
b
D
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em
b
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nu
ar
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D
Au
gu
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em
b
Ja er
nu
Fe ary
br
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M
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ch
Ap
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M
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Ju
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Source: UNOCHA, Kitgum
GULU NIGHT COM M UTER M AY TO DECEM BER 2005
9000
8000
7000
Scale 1:1000
6000
5000
BOYS
4000
GIRLS
3000
2000
1000
0
M AY
JUNE
JULY
A UGUST
SEPTEM B ER
OCTOB ER
NOV EM B ER
DECEM B ER
M ONTHS
Source: UNOCHA, Gulu
9.3 Formerly Abducted Children
Over the last 18 years the LRA has abducted over 30,000 children. Of this, about 23,000 have returned and
over 8,000 remain unaccounted for. These children who returned have become known as formerly abducted
children (FAC). In response to their needs for psychosocial rehabilitation and reintegration, many
organisations such as World Vision, Gulu Support the Children Organisation (GUSCO), Concerned Parents‟
Association (CPA), Kitgum Concerned Women‟s Association (KICWA) and Rachelle rehabilitation Centre have
provided psychosocial rehabilitation, vocational training and reintegration services to formerly abducted
children. Other organizations like (Associazione Volontari per il Servizio Internationale (AVSI), Catholic Relief
Services (CRS), Caritas and Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief (CPAR), among others have also
provided community psychosocial support to facilitate reintegration of the FACs. The Department of Youth and
children in the Ministry of Gender,Labour and Social Development has also supported a few of FAC with
school fees for those attending schools around Kampala.
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