around the fire with the Acholi is the title of a photographic exhibition for humanitarian purposes in Cupra Marittima, from 06 December to 06 January at the Galleria Marconi in c.so Vittorio Emaneule 70. The installation consists of about 70 unpublished photos about life in refugee camps in northern Uganda, set out to raise funds for tribes 'of Acholi, especially for projects that' Association House of Hope is building in the parish of Atang Pader district.
The photo exhibition will be inaugurated on Sunday, December 6 at 15:00 by the bishop of the Diocese of San Benedetto del Gervasio SE Managers and the President Province of Ascoli Piceno Piero Celani, and is organized under the auspices of the Province of Ascoli Piceno of between Community and the City of Cupra Marittima .
"We chose to tell the daily life of the Acholi - the ideal way, from morning till evening. Both the choice of shots, and the decision to privilege some aspects over others, reflect a specific intention: to extend the smile and the sweetness that you can take on the face of the Acholi, despite repeatedly suffered years of violence. " (Peter Antonelli)
The initiative stems from a desire to help actually these people who for twenty years he lived in refugee camps because of violent armed clashes between the guerrillas of the Lord's Resistance Army and Ugandan government forces.
The conflict has forced the people of Northern Uganda to live in camps for displaced people. In this period 100 thousand people died, 25 000 children were abducted for fighting, a million and half people have been forced to leave their homes and live in camps for refugees.
In a recent interview the Deputy UN Secretary-General Jan Egeland, said: "What in northern Uganda is one of the worst humanitarian disasters in the world and we as the United Nations, we have done too little."
For nearly two years has begun peace talks, peace talks between the Ugandan government and rebels. This truce has enabled the population to begin a slow revival, though still largely the Acholi living in refugee camps and the fear and terror have not disappeared.
The exhibition is designed for two purposes: to inform public opinion and raise a concrete aid to be allocated to the parish of Atang. The free
contributions collected through the sale of the photographs will be delivered to Don Ciprian Ocen P'Akece and will be used to finance the following initiatives: Medical Dispensary, Nursery, study support.
We wait at the Galleria Marconi di Cupra Marittima in the hope that soon the people of Acholi to find a stable serenity of life.
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