A haunting visit to a Ugandan hospital left Victor Ochen wanting to help young people whose lives, like his own, had been touched by war. Ten years on, his compassion – and the scheme it spawned – has ...
Ugandan activist Victor Ochen has been nominated for the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize and, at 33, is Africa’s youngest nominee ever. Ochen had been at The Hague in January when Dominic Ongwen, a leader of ...
Like many children in his community, Victor Ochen grew up without enough food or clothes and had to share one bed sheet with his three brothers on cold nights. His personal suffering inspired a long ...
Victor Ochen is the Founder and Executive Director for African Youth Initiative Network, which works to mobilize and empower the youth and communities. Born in northern Uganda, he spent 21yrs of his ...
"This Invisible Children campaign hurts. It's offensive," says Victor Ochen, founder and director of the African Youth Initiative Network (Ayinet) that works to rehabilitate victims of violence ...
When Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) launched its operations in Teso sub-region on June 15, 2003, thousands were horrified and devastated. The eerie cloud of uncertainty ruled the community ...
Gulu, die Kleinstadt im Norden Ugandas, sieht schon lange nicht mehr aus wie ein Kriegsgebiet. Überall wird gebaut, werden Straßen geteert, Banken und Geschäfte eröffnet. In den vergangenen zehn ...
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