Uganda: From invisible IDPs to visible house owners
By Pius Sawa
The following report was broadcast on Radio Sapientia on June 9, 2008 and does not necessarily reflect the views of the BBC WST.
After they were displaced by LRA war, many people ran away to seek safety in
However some women have been able to build permanent houses through Bead for Life, an NGO that secured land in Mukono, and taught these women skills of making beads which they sell outside Uganda and the part of the money goes towards paying for the mortgage. Each house goes for between 4 and 5 million
Radio Sapientia’s Pius Sawa, visited Takajjunge village in Mukono where these women are living.
Click here to listen to Pius Sawa's report
