Promote peace in Northern Uganda PDF Print

Uganda: Church media have a special role in advocating for peace in Northern Uganda where war by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has lasted for over 20 years. Thousands of children abducted by the guerillas were forced into miserable lives as child soldiers and sexual slaves. Many are missing parents either because they were abducted or killed.

Church media should empower the war victims to tell their stories, traumas and experiences. Through churches, the media are able to reach far and wide where other journalists cannot reach. They are able to get into the spiritual depth of the conflict. I thank WACC for organising the Congress in Africa and I hope journalists will become more empowered to actively advocate for peace in the region.

Sr. Rosemary Nyirumbe is the Director of St. Monica Girls Tailoring Centre in Northern Uganda, a rescue centre for girls and children. She was awarded CNN’s heroes award 2007

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Kamal Raj Sigdel - Communicating peace, not news 2008-10-08 16:41:57
Hawaii (USA): Organizing the WACC Congress in South Afric will certainly have a big impact on the ongoing efforts to bring peace not only in Northern Uganda but also in other parts of the world. I am hopeful that the Congress will raise greater awareness and understanding among fellow journalists and social workers working in different conflict-affected zones on the right ways of "communicating peace". The challanges is to communicate "peace", and not news per se. Media and the journalists in the confict-hit zones face the biggest challange of prioritizing mission journalism for peace at the cost of cheap popularity and immediate commercial returns. I hope the Congress caters to this need and sends a strong message to the world how we can communicate peace.
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