Namuwongo Program Presentation
The link below is to a PowerPoint presentation created as part of the Terry Project (www.terry.ubc.ca) here at UBC. It outlines the work that FIC volunteers did this past summer in Namuwongo, Kampala, Uganda. Great information and lots of pictures! Take a look to get a better idea of our work abroad.
Add comment November 10, 2006
Community Participation in Development Planning: The Namuwongo Final Report
The final report is in and available in a number of formats, click on the link below to download:
(Word, PDF, RTF)
2 comments November 4, 2006
Campaign Against Cluster Munitions
This is a bit off usual FICUBC fare but if you’re interested in learning about cluster munitions (the cause of controversy in the recent Israel-Lebanon conflict) and the campaign to have them internationally banned, visit this site created by FICUBC member Matt Berry for a recent political science course:
Add comment November 3, 2006
Fundraiser @ The Gallery Lounge
First of all, a big thank you to everyone that helped to organize our exhibiton in the AMS Art Gallery this past week! All the volunteers, sponsors, and “photo purchasers” are greatly appreciated!! It was a very important event for our young club and helped to raise a great deal of awareness and funds. For those that bought photos we will be contacting you next week to arrange pick up. The remaining photos can be purchased at…
Our group’s next event in the Northern Uganda Campaign is a fundraiser this Thursday Oct 19 @ 7pm @ The Gallery Lounge in the SUB, featuring a night of drinks and acoustic live music and some African drumming for good measure…
Come out, have a good time, and support the cause.
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FICUBC will be hosting an Art Exhibition at the AMS Art Gallery in the SUB October 10-15, 10am-5pm daily, as part of our Nothern Uganda Campaign. The exhibition will feature diverse visuals including Ugandan newspaper headlines and photographs.
There are three main aims of this event: 1) To raise awareness of the conflict in Northern Uganda among the UBC student population, 2) To encourage participation in this year’s Guluwalk (www.guluwalk.com), and 3) to raise funds for our partner youth organizations currently operating in Northern Uganda.
The photos on display will be available for purchase at a price of $25, with all proceeds going to our fund for Northern Uganda. For more information on how you can sponsor a photo (so that we can produce as many as possible to be sold) please click on the link below:
Northern Uganda Campaign Photo Sponsorship
Add comment October 6, 2006
Uganda Rising
This post was originally on the blog in May but seeing as how Uganda Rising will be screened three times in Vancouver leading up to Guluwalk on the 21st (on the 10th, 11th, and 16th) I thought I would re-post it for people to get an idea of what they’ll be going to see/walking for. For more information on the screening visit our “Events Schedule” page above.
From the Uganda Rising website:
Film Synopsis
For two decades, the Acholi people of Northern Uganda have been caught in a civil war between a rebel group whose main objective is inhumane terror and a government whose military response has often increased misery and suffering. Over one and a half million people have been displaced into camps and over 25,000 children have been abducted––to be used as soldiers and sex slaves.And yet through it all, every day across Acholi-land something remarkable happens. Against a backdrop of dismal statistics, miniscule opportunity and unpredictable terror, in a part of Uganda forgotten by the world, children who have never known peace, face the day as if to live this way is normal, as if they still believe in the future. These children are the embodiment of resilience and hope. This film is the story of Uganda, her stolen children, and the fight to be free.
Originally titled When Elephants Fight: Stolen Children in Uganda’s Hidden War, the 82-minute documentary Uganda Rising has garnered acclaim from numerous film critics as well as the support of dozens of NGOs across North America and Europe for its groundbreaking story about the 20-year war and humanitarian crisis in northern Uganda. The film includes a rare interview with Uganda’s President Museveni (when he was a rebel leader working to overthrow Idi Amin’s coup) as well as interviews with human rights experts Mahmood Mandami, Samantha Power, Noam Chomsky, Honourable Lloyd Axworthy, and internationally renowned northern Uganda peace negotiator Betty Bigombe.
The film also features an interview with Dr. Erin Baines, who works at the Liu Institute for Global Issues here at UBC.
1 comment October 5, 2006
Vancouver Guluwalk!
Originally uploaded by matthewberry.
2006 GuluWalk Details
GuluWalk Date: Saturday, October 21, 2006.
Registration Begins: 3:30pm
GuluWalk Start Time: 4:30pm
Post Walk Events: Candlelight Vigil
Start Location: Trout Lake Park
Walk Route: Along Broadway to Burrard, Across the Burrard Street Bridge and up Burrard to Robson, Down Robson to the Vancouver Public Library.
End Location: Vancouver Public Library
This is an inclusive event for all ages and abilities. If you are not able to join us for the entire route, email info@guluwalkvancouver.ca for alternate start time and location details.
GuluWalk Events & Updates
There are a number of great pre-walk events in the works, including a fundraiser for GuluWalk with a screening of Uganda Rising at the Ridge Theatre (3131 Arbutus St) on Monday, October 16, 2006 at 7:00pm.
This event will feature the screening followed by an indepth panel discussion on the conflict in northern Uganda with the producers of Uganda Rising and the Liu Institute’s Dr. Erin Baines. Visit www.guluwalk.com/events for all of the details.
Add comment October 3, 2006
