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PHOTOS: Life goes on for Uganda's displaced
26 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Source: Oxfam International
Oxfam International

Photos by Caroline Green of Oxfam International show daily life in a camp for internally displaced people in Kitgum, northern Uganda.


 
Children in Labuje camp, four kilometres 
(2.5 miles) outside Kitgum town in 
northern Uganda, home to 17,500 
people

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Children in Labuje camp, four kilometres (2.5 miles) outside Kitgum town in northern Uganda, home to 17,500 people
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Two young girls in the Labuje 
camp

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Two young girls in the Labuje camp
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Adul Christine lives in this hut in 
Labuje camp with her three 
children

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Adul Christine lives in this hut in Labuje camp with her three children
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In the Labuje camp, huts are called "
tukules" and house around six 
people

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In the Labuje camp, huts are called " tukules" and house around six people
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A young girl in Labuje 
camp

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A young girl in Labuje camp
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These children were sleeping the night 
in a shelter built by Oxfam in Kitgum 
Town. Every night they walk four 
kilometres to seek safety in the town, 
fearing abduction by Lord's Resistance 
Army rebels if they remain in the camp.

Oxfam
These children were sleeping the night in a shelter built by Oxfam in Kitgum Town. Every night they walk four kilometres to seek safety in the town, fearing abduction by Lord's Resistance Army rebels if they remain in the camp.
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A long line for water in Labuje 
camp

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A long line for water in Labuje camp
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Children in Labuje 
camp

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Children in Labuje camp
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[ Any views expressed in this article are those of the writer and not of Reuters. ]



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