Unified for UNIFAT is an organization dedicated to helping the children of Uganda

Uganda

Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...

, especially the students served by UNIFAT

UNIFAT

UNIFAT is an elementary school in Gulu, Uganda, started by Abitimo Odongkara in 1986. Its name stands for Upper Nile Institute For Appropriate Technology.It provides education for:...

 or the Upper Nile Institute For Appropriate Technology. Unified For Unifat is the affiliation of Cincinnati high school students that works directly with the non-profit Friends of UNIFAT.

UNIFAT

UNIFAT

UNIFAT is an elementary school in Gulu, Uganda, started by Abitimo Odongkara in 1986. Its name stands for Upper Nile Institute For Appropriate Technology.It provides education for:...

 itself is an elementary school in Gulu

Gulu

Gulu is a city in Northern Uganda. It is the commercial and administrative centre of Gulu District. The city is located at 2˚46'48N 32˚18'00E, on the metre gauge railway from Tororo to Pakwach. Gulu is located approximately , by road, north of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city...

, Uganda

Uganda

Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...

, started by Abitimo Odongkara in 1986. Its name is an acronym that stands for Upper Nile Institute For Appropriate Technology. It provides education for: ethnic minorities forced into internal displacement camps in a brutal civil war, children abducted to become soldiers and sex slaves in a rebel army called the Lord's Resistance Army

Lord's Resistance Army

The Lord's Resistance Army insurgency is an ongoing guerrilla campaign waged since 1987 by the Lord's Resistance Army rebel group, operating mainly in northern Uganda, but also in South Sudan and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo...

, citizens terrorized by government and rebel soldiers alike, children walking miles into town to sleep in safety each night, and those orphaned by parental deaths from AIDS

AIDS

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...

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Schools involved with Unified for UNIFAT include Sycamore High School (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Sycamore High School (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Sycamore High School is a four-year public high school in the north-east suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Sycamore Community School District. The current building was built in 1974 in a very modern architectural style employing the progressive and experimental open...

, Eastern High School (New Jersey)

Eastern High School (New Jersey)

Eastern High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school for students in grades 9 - 12 from three communities in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Eastern Camden County Regional High School District...

, Moeller High School

Moeller High School

Archbishop Moeller High School , known as Moeller, is a private, all-male, college-preparatory high school in the suburbs of Cincinnati, in Hamilton County, Ohio...

, Mount Notre Dame High School

Mount Notre Dame High School

Mount Notre Dame High School is a private, all-female, college-preparatory high school in Reading, a city in Hamilton County, Ohio north of Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in 1860, Mt. Notre Dame originally was a boarding school known for its excellence in education...

, Anderson High School, Wyoming High School

Wyoming High School

Wyoming High School is a public high school located in a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. Wyoming, Ohio is part of the Wyoming City School District, Hamilton County, Ohio. Wyoming High School is known for its excellence in education, and was ranked among the top five districts in the state on the Ohio...

, St. Ursula High School, Ursuline Academy, Purcell Marian High School

Purcell Marian High School

Purcell Marian High School is a parochial high school in the East Walnut Hills neighborhood Cincinnati, Ohio, United States based in the Marianist Tradition...

, Loveland High School, Ohio, The Seven Hills School, Mariemont High School

Mariemont High School

Mariemont High School is a public high school located in a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. Mariemont is part of the Mariemont City School District. Mariemont High School is known for its high academic standards. Mariemont has been a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence four separate times. The years...

 and Madeira High School

Madeira High School

Madeira High School is the public high school in the city of Madeira, near Cincinnati, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Madeira City School District. It opened for the 1922-23 school year at what became Sellman Middle School and is now Madeira Middle School...

, and others from the Greater Cincinnati Area.

See also

For More Information of the War in Uganda

Uganda

Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...

 visit, Invisible Children

Invisible Children

Invisible Children: Rough Cut is a 2003 American documentary film. Its subject is the abduction and forced enlistment of children by the sectarian Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda.-Synopsis:...

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