SIT Study Abroad Uganda: Post-Conflict Transformation

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SIT Study Abroad Uganda: Post-Conflict Transformation Examine the human cost of conflict in northern Uganda and the ways local communities are fostering peace, economic development, and sustainable reconciliation.

The combination of a colonial legacy and post-colonial politics contributed to wide divisions in many African nation-states, including Uganda. Colonial policies created significant discrepancies between northern and southern Uganda that have continued to fuel ethnic tensions. This program examines the origins of the conflict in northern Uganda; issues of identity construction in the Ugandan contex

t; and ongoing efforts by Ugandans to advance peace, community building, and reconciliation. A major focus of the program is on the challenges associated with displacement: estimates suggest that the number of internally displaced Ugandans reached 1.7 million people, amounting to roughly 80 percent of the regional population. Students learn from Ugandan academics, community leaders, and international professionals working in the areas of post-conflict transformation, peacebuilding, sustainable reconciliation, and community development. Learn more about the program's coursework. The program's eight-day excursion to Rwanda gives students the opportunity to study post-genocide restoration and peacebuilding in a different context while considering post-conflict transformation efforts in the broader Great Lakes region. Students are strongly encouraged to become fully immersed in the local culture. They receive intensive instruction in the Acholi language and spend six weeks living with a Ugandan family.

Visiting Gadafi International mosque in old Kampala, with Ugandan university students, was much fun....
21/09/2016

Visiting Gadafi International mosque in old Kampala, with Ugandan university students, was much fun....

The crew at Aruu Falls in Pader district, northern Uganda
16/09/2016

The crew at Aruu Falls in Pader district, northern Uganda

Moved to the rural homestay this afternoon
09/09/2016

Moved to the rural homestay this afternoon

Meeting the rural homestay coordinator
09/09/2016

Meeting the rural homestay coordinator

It was learning by doing from the Amida community, Kitgum district. Thanks to our enthusiastic teachers...
08/09/2016

It was learning by doing from the Amida community, Kitgum district. Thanks to our enthusiastic teachers...

Learning from the community
02/09/2016

Learning from the community

Readjusting well after orientation activities
31/08/2016

Readjusting well after orientation activities

19/07/2016

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11/07/2016

Death has again robbed us of one of our very own homestay parent; Mego Abitimo Rebecca who passed away yesterday. The late Mego Abitimo has been very kind to open her home to three of our students; Sam Meyerson being the last student to stay with her family this past semester. May her soul rest in eternal peace.

Could not ask for a better way to wind up our time together. On the boat cruise on the Nile
12/05/2016

Could not ask for a better way to wind up our time together. On the boat cruise on the Nile

Today marked the last day of our formal sessions. Its hard to believe that it has all finally come to the end. Sometime...
10/05/2016

Today marked the last day of our formal sessions. Its hard to believe that it has all finally come to the end. Sometimes the road has not been very smooth but I hope that in some ways the experiences have had some impact on you and that you can advance them in one way or another. Uganda remains your home. We will greatly miss you...

The joy of successfully acomplishing an ISP in an unfamiliar environment.!!!!!
09/05/2016

The joy of successfully acomplishing an ISP in an unfamiliar environment.!!!!!

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