Wednesday, March 12, 2008

a Uganda refugee and a hero

Today a guess speaker named Walter came to Peace, Love, and Harmony today. He is a refugee from Uganda. His country turned on him because he did not believe in violence. The rebels did not like the governor that he was working for. He did not like the fact that there where rebels against his boss. On the way home, his neighbor told him that the police was looking to arrest him. He felt betrayed and sad. This is what most children feel also. They are called Invisible Children. The invisible children is an organization that people give kids drugs to fight because they are so desperate. The speaker has been in many places with things that they need but we have. "The kids watch TV and then they fall asleep on the couch and we carry them to their room, but we have to travel everywhere just to find a place to sleep." said Walter. He made an organization where they take other refugees and they give them meaning in their lives. He is a hero yet he was one of the refugees. He is an inspiration to everybody. Uganda is located in the north-eastern part of Africa. Personally, I felt like we aren't doing enough for Uganda. Some of our main focuses are the Iraq and Iran incidents. There are still more incidents than Iraq. We have a lot of things that we have and we keep wanting more. Other people in the world barely have enough food to eat. I think people should donate more and more to the people who could barely fulfill their needs. People are fleeing their own country just to survive everyday more and more people die and get wounded and everything like that. That brings me back to the Father Joe thing. I went to the landfill on the first field trip while the other half of the class went to St. Vincent de Paul. St. vincent de paul is a place where homeless people live. Walter and his organization can't get every single refugee. I really hope that St. Vincent's has refugees because Walter is only one man. The St. Vincent's organization is the only thing that I would turn to if I was a refugee.

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