SF Camp Out Brings Attention to Uganda's Children
(KCBS) SAN FRANCISCO More than 500 mostly college students camped outside in San Francisco Saturday night to bring attention to the abduction of children in Uganda.
To escape the Lord's Resistance Army in northern Uganda as many as 40,000 children every night leave their homes to sleep in the safety of towns.
This weekend at Crissy Field KCBS reporter Ron Naso says college students camped out to bring focus to the problem and to call for an end to the war in that country.
"I think a lot of people forget that Africa isn't a world away and that this is a cause about all humans not just children in Uganda but a humanitarian cause," said Megan Newton Gill who participated in the camp out.
More than one million people have been displaced in northern Uganda because of the continuing war and conflict.
"I want to make noise to the government so they will do something about the problem in Uganda and get them to know about the invisible children," said Alex Carter who is a student at San Francisco State University.
The children in Uganda are kidnapped to serve in the army against their will.
The civil war in Uganda has been going on for 19 years. "We're so busy in Iraq and Afghanistan, we need to send a little bit of troops over there to get these nuts and get rid of them and save those kids," said Carter.
To escape the Lord's Resistance Army in northern Uganda as many as 40,000 children every night leave their homes to sleep in the safety of towns.
This weekend at Crissy Field KCBS reporter Ron Naso says college students camped out to bring focus to the problem and to call for an end to the war in that country.
"I think a lot of people forget that Africa isn't a world away and that this is a cause about all humans not just children in Uganda but a humanitarian cause," said Megan Newton Gill who participated in the camp out.
More than one million people have been displaced in northern Uganda because of the continuing war and conflict.
"I want to make noise to the government so they will do something about the problem in Uganda and get them to know about the invisible children," said Alex Carter who is a student at San Francisco State University.
The children in Uganda are kidnapped to serve in the army against their will.
The civil war in Uganda has been going on for 19 years. "We're so busy in Iraq and Afghanistan, we need to send a little bit of troops over there to get these nuts and get rid of them and save those kids," said Carter.
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