GRG was deeply honored by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the BMW Group with the Intercultural Innovation Award, during the ceremony held on December 11, 2019 in Madrid, Spain. The selection process was highly competitive, with over 1,200 applications from 128 countries, with GRG taking 2nd place. Our selected project was the “ChildContinue reading “GRG receives United Nations global award for intercultural innovation”
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Join us for an evening of Chopin to support GRG’s work
Critically acclaimed pianist Soheil Nasseri will play an all-Chopin benefit concert in Washington DC to support GRG’s programs for former child soldiers and South Sudanese refugees in northern Uganda. The New York Times has called Nasseri “riveting and powerful”. When? Friday, September 20th, 2019 at 7pm followed by a reception with wine and snacks Where? Church of the Epiphany 1317 GContinue reading “Join us for an evening of Chopin to support GRG’s work”
Together for Peace: GRG’s Work with Refugees
Since 2018, the Grassroots Reconciliation Group (GRG) has been working to support South Sudanese refugees in the Palabek Refugee Settlement of northern Uganda, where over 50,000 refugees are currently housed. This builds on our work of reconciling and rehabilitating former child soldiers from the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and their war-affected communities in the region.Continue reading “Together for Peace: GRG’s Work with Refugees”
Taking A Step With Refugees
On World Refugee Day, GRG joined people around the world to commemorate the resilience and strength of refugees while also raising awareness of the global refugee situation. This year’s theme, “Step With Refugees”, served as a call for solidarity and action to address the plight of more than 70 million displaced people globally, a 2.3Continue reading “Taking A Step With Refugees”
Meet Ayaa, one of our inspiring participants and mother of 10
In the spirit of the holiday season, I wanted to introduce you to Ayaa, one of our inspiring GRG participants in northern Uganda. Ayaa is a single mother of 10 children, not by choice but because her husband and one of her sisters were abducted as child soldiers and killed by the LRA rebels. When we met her,Continue reading “Meet Ayaa, one of our inspiring participants and mother of 10”
Our new projects with South Sudanese refugees: Trauma counseling & livelihoods
After over 11 years of successful work of reintegrating former child soldiers, our focus at the Grassroots Reconciliation Group shifted in 2018 to address the urgent new crisis in Uganda: the 1 million refugees from war-torn South Sudan. Here is a quick summary of who we are and what we do. Summary: War trauma healing & economic empowermentContinue reading “Our new projects with South Sudanese refugees: Trauma counseling & livelihoods”
Exciting internship opportunity 2019! Peace building and fundraising Internship at GRG in Gulu, Northern Uganda
The Grassroots Reconciliation Group (GRG) is looking for an intern to join our team in northern Uganda. GRG runs innovative peace building and livelihood projects that seek to rebuild war affected communities and promote reconciliation between South Sudanese refuges and Ugandan host communities. This involves a broad range of locally designed interventions, including livelihoods, microfinance,Continue reading “Exciting internship opportunity 2019! Peace building and fundraising Internship at GRG in Gulu, Northern Uganda”
Meet Angela, a war survivor whose life is starting to be transformed
Angela Adong was just 15 years old when she was kidnapped by the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels. During her time in captivity, she endured horrific treatment, including being gang raped by rebels. When Angela escaped from the LRA during a firefight four years later, she returned directly to her community, not going through any receptionContinue reading “Meet Angela, a war survivor whose life is starting to be transformed”
GRG is now using a post-harvest handling technique of solar dryer
With support from Skills Development Facility, Private Sector Foundation, GRG was able to secure funding for post-harvest handling technique using solar dryer for fruits and vegetables, such as sweet bananas, mangos, pineapples, okra and eggplants. Our beneficiaries in the remote villages in Ngomooromo, Lamwo District, which is the border of South Sudan, participated in aContinue reading “GRG is now using a post-harvest handling technique of solar dryer”
World Refugee Day
The World Refugee Day is observed around the world on June 20th each year. This day marks the celebration of solidary with refugees across the world and is organized to raise public awareness about the global refugee situation. Uganda, one of the most well-known refugee hosting countries, celebrated the day with the theme of ‘Uganda standsContinue reading “World Refugee Day”
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