Meet Simon, one of GRG’s trained community peer counselors who lives 15 miles (25km) from the Uganda/South Sudan border in Madi Opei, Lamwo District. Simon was born while his mother was captive as a “wife” of an LRA soldier and escaped to return home with his mother’s best friend at the age of ten afterContinue reading “Meet Simon, a Peer Counselor: Building resilience for children born as LRA captives”
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Read about how you can support single refugee mothers during COVID-19
“GRG’s program has supported many women survivors of war, like me, to provide for their families on their own. But recently it has been very tough and often I feel like running away. My husband was killed by rebels in South Sudan, so I traveled to Uganda alone with my children to seek safety fromContinue reading “Read about how you can support single refugee mothers during COVID-19”
The Stigma of Being Disabled Remains High in Post-Conflict Northern Uganda
This is part 2 of 2 in a short blog series on this issue. For confidentiality reasons, we have changed the names in this story. GRG is working to address the stigma surrounding disability for families like Nancy’s through community anti-stigmatisation workshops, which educate community members on the characteristics of different disabilities and distinguish betweenContinue reading “The Stigma of Being Disabled Remains High in Post-Conflict Northern Uganda”
The Stigma of Being Disabled Remains High in Post-Conflict Northern Uganda
This is part 1 of 2 in a short blog series on this issue. For confidentiality reasons, we have changed the names in this story. For many parents living in post-conflict northern Uganda, they are not only battling bereavement and trauma from their childhoods but are also overwhelmed with caring for a disabled child withContinue reading “The Stigma of Being Disabled Remains High in Post-Conflict Northern Uganda”
Nightmares of war: The psychological impact of conflict trauma and GRG’s role in supporting healing
Part 2 of a short series on trauma counseling “One night I hardly slept, the memory of the killing that I forcefully took part in kept tormenting me throughout the night. I would vividly see the deceased in my dream, and that kept haunting me even during day. I have lived in that trauma forContinue reading “Nightmares of war: The psychological impact of conflict trauma and GRG’s role in supporting healing”
Our trauma support for war survivors during COVID-19
Part 1 of a short series on trauma counseling The communities of northern Uganda have greatly suffered from two decades of armed conflict between the Lord’s Resistance Army and the Ugandan government, leading to massive needs for psychosocial support to deal with deep-rooted war trauma. A major part of GRG’s work is supporting people withContinue reading “Our trauma support for war survivors during COVID-19”
GRG’s COVID-19 Adaptive Response
While most of Uganda has been on government-ordered lockdown due to COVID-19, GRG has continued to work remotely to help support the former child soldiers, refugees, and communities that we work with. Our team has worked to remotely support our beneficiaries with valuable information on COVID-19, as well as the recommended precautionary measures by theContinue reading “GRG’s COVID-19 Adaptive Response”
Where your donations actually go
James, one of our group leaders in Palabek Gem, was born in rebel captivity after his mother was abducted by the LRA. He and his mother escaped when James was 7 years old. But before running away, he witnessed mass killings and was forced to mutilate human bodies. Yes, at age 7. When he returned home, JamesContinue reading “Where your donations actually go”
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”
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”
Grassroots Reconciliation Group 