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12/14/2005
RISE UP! A Benefit for the GuluWalk
December 14, 2005
On Saturday, January 14, 2006, Torontos hip hop community will be coming together at the Drake Hotel to bring awareness and raise funds for GuluWalk. This campaign was created to bring attention to and create support for the children of northern Uganda, who are caught in a civil war that has been ravaging the country and its people for over 19 years.
The roster for this monumental evening will include Toronto favourites; BrassMunk, Citizen Kane, Mathematik; as well as DJs Starting from Scratch (Flow 93.5), P-Plus (Real Frequency), Son of S.O.U.L., DJ Linx, Taktiks, Seven:30 and Big Jacks of CKLNs Mixtape Massacre show; as well as some special guests to be announced shortly. These artists have joined forces to make this night possible, with the intention of bringing international attention to this cause, and generating funds for programs working on the ground in northern Uganda.
We are looking for support from our community in order to make this event a success. As a prominent member of the media, coverage in your programming and publications will have a tremendous impact on our efforts to bring attention to this worthy cause. The artists and organizers of Rise Up! are available for comments and interviews, and would greatly appreciate your assistance and interest in this campaign. As well, P.S.A.s for this event are available in audio and print formats. Your generous contribution of airtime or space in your publications for these announcements would greatly benefit this cause.
GuluWalk has captured the attention of the international community and caused the worlds citizens, politicians and media to take action. Rise Up! will be no exception. We are in a position to make a positive impact the lives of each and every one of the children and families who are affected by these conditions every day. We would greatly appreciate your assistance in telling their story.
For more information about the history and the future of the GuluWalk and the situation in northern Uganda, visit www.GuluWalk.com. Thank you in advance for your contribution to this cause. We look forward to hearing from you soon. Please contact Bryce Seefieldt, seven30@gmail.com, to further discuss what you see as possible for your support of this event. Feel free to forward this information to any colleagues and friends who might also be interested in helping us bring attention to this situation.
A Call for Action
U.N. Under-Secretary General of Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland has called the situation in northern Uganda the worlds most neglected humanitarian crisis and one of the biggest scandals of our generation.
The war in northern Uganda has been ravaging its people for nearly 20 years and has gone largely unnoticed by the mainstream media and the general public. Over 20,000 children have been abducted by the rebel-led LRA to be used as soldiers and sex slaves, over 90% of Acholi people have been displaced in camps that offer neither security nor basic provisions. This war has paralyzed an entire nation with fear, forever altering families, cultural traditions and way of life for an entire generation.
The Night Commuters
Children are lucrative resources for the LRA rebels. The atrocities committed against these children are impossible to imagine: in captivity children as young as seven years old are tortured, beaten and raped. They are then forced to become rebel soldiers, sexual slaves, porters and labourers. Some are forced to kill, maim, beat or abduct innocent victims, including family members and neighbours, or to look on as these abuses are committed. Girls are used as domestic servants or forced into sexual slavery as LRA commanders wives. They are subject to rape, unwanted pregnancy and the risk of infection, including HIV/AIDS.
Child abduction is clearly a major security concern for northern Uganda. Desperately afraid of abduction, vulnerable children as young as four years old will walk from their homes or displacement camp to a large urban centre every night.
These night commuters travel as far as 20km on a daily basis without any adult supervision, subjecting them to a wide range of violence. They gather in schools, hospitals, district offices and NGO compounds - wherever they believe they can spend the night in safety. They settle to sleep in the open, where they are often abused and exploited.
This temporary night displacement has destroyed family and cultural roles, and has deprived an entire generation of children from a primary education. At the peak of the conflict, the UN estimated the number of night commuters in Gulu, Pader and Kitgum districts to be 40,000.
For more information please visit www.GuluWalk.com
On Saturday, January 14, 2006, Torontos hip hop community will be coming together at the Drake Hotel to bring awareness and raise funds for GuluWalk. This campaign was created to bring attention to and create support for the children of northern Uganda, who are caught in a civil war that has been ravaging the country and its people for over 19 years.
The roster for this monumental evening will include Toronto favourites; BrassMunk, Citizen Kane, Mathematik; as well as DJs Starting from Scratch (Flow 93.5), P-Plus (Real Frequency), Son of S.O.U.L., DJ Linx, Taktiks, Seven:30 and Big Jacks of CKLNs Mixtape Massacre show; as well as some special guests to be announced shortly. These artists have joined forces to make this night possible, with the intention of bringing international attention to this cause, and generating funds for programs working on the ground in northern Uganda.
We are looking for support from our community in order to make this event a success. As a prominent member of the media, coverage in your programming and publications will have a tremendous impact on our efforts to bring attention to this worthy cause. The artists and organizers of Rise Up! are available for comments and interviews, and would greatly appreciate your assistance and interest in this campaign. As well, P.S.A.s for this event are available in audio and print formats. Your generous contribution of airtime or space in your publications for these announcements would greatly benefit this cause.
GuluWalk has captured the attention of the international community and caused the worlds citizens, politicians and media to take action. Rise Up! will be no exception. We are in a position to make a positive impact the lives of each and every one of the children and families who are affected by these conditions every day. We would greatly appreciate your assistance in telling their story.
For more information about the history and the future of the GuluWalk and the situation in northern Uganda, visit www.GuluWalk.com. Thank you in advance for your contribution to this cause. We look forward to hearing from you soon. Please contact Bryce Seefieldt, seven30@gmail.com, to further discuss what you see as possible for your support of this event. Feel free to forward this information to any colleagues and friends who might also be interested in helping us bring attention to this situation.
A Call for Action
U.N. Under-Secretary General of Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland has called the situation in northern Uganda the worlds most neglected humanitarian crisis and one of the biggest scandals of our generation.
The war in northern Uganda has been ravaging its people for nearly 20 years and has gone largely unnoticed by the mainstream media and the general public. Over 20,000 children have been abducted by the rebel-led LRA to be used as soldiers and sex slaves, over 90% of Acholi people have been displaced in camps that offer neither security nor basic provisions. This war has paralyzed an entire nation with fear, forever altering families, cultural traditions and way of life for an entire generation.
The Night Commuters
Children are lucrative resources for the LRA rebels. The atrocities committed against these children are impossible to imagine: in captivity children as young as seven years old are tortured, beaten and raped. They are then forced to become rebel soldiers, sexual slaves, porters and labourers. Some are forced to kill, maim, beat or abduct innocent victims, including family members and neighbours, or to look on as these abuses are committed. Girls are used as domestic servants or forced into sexual slavery as LRA commanders wives. They are subject to rape, unwanted pregnancy and the risk of infection, including HIV/AIDS.
Child abduction is clearly a major security concern for northern Uganda. Desperately afraid of abduction, vulnerable children as young as four years old will walk from their homes or displacement camp to a large urban centre every night.
These night commuters travel as far as 20km on a daily basis without any adult supervision, subjecting them to a wide range of violence. They gather in schools, hospitals, district offices and NGO compounds - wherever they believe they can spend the night in safety. They settle to sleep in the open, where they are often abused and exploited.
This temporary night displacement has destroyed family and cultural roles, and has deprived an entire generation of children from a primary education. At the peak of the conflict, the UN estimated the number of night commuters in Gulu, Pader and Kitgum districts to be 40,000.
For more information please visit www.GuluWalk.com
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