The Canadian Food Grains bank was putting on the presentation. The guy spoke for a few minutes telling us how it originated and how it is currently being run. After he was done talking another presenter, Nestar, began to talk. She was born in Uganda. The area that she lived in has been experiencing civil war for the last twenty or so years. Many lives in Uganda have changed due to this. People have been taken from their homes in fear of the rebels. These people are put into IDP camps. The people in the IDP camps mainly rely on foundations like the Canadian Food Grains bank. Being taken away from their land and having few ways to make money, they need food from these donation groups.
Children in Uganda have it way harder then we do. They walk twelve kilometers, twice a day, to get from their home to where they must sleep. Kids must do this because if they don’t they may get kidnapped, and become sex slaves or rebel soldiers. The children here also may not go to school. This is because most families can’t afford supplies, and even the kids who do get to go to school don’t have good learning conditions.
Nestar also talked about how Uganda is only one of the countries that is like this. Many countries in Africa are like this, along with countries like Afghanistan that are troubled by war. She also talked about how our government has promised to help cut hunger in half by 2015, and since hunger is going up, encouraged us to talk to our government officials about this problem.
Nestars home country of Uganda
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