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For the last 18 years they have had no smile and living without a future ahead of them, but living a daily life of death and survival. In short one could easily sum up, that they are the hopeless in a hopeless environment and in a hopeless future.

However the pain, and uncertainties do seem to come to an end, thanks to a small Dutch community non governmental organization (NGO) 094, which has joined hands with North Hope, a local (NGO), to build a camp far away from the hostile war environment.

Even though they live thousands miles away from their own homes, they look comfortable, despite the fact that they are actually refugees living in another land in their own country. This pain alone is enough. These are the children from Northern Uganda areas striken by an 18-year-old war.

The innocent children do not know their cause for suffering, what wrong they have done to live in the horrible conditions they have been forced into, all they know is that during the day, some people in military wear come to their villages, torch up their wattle and grass thatched houses, kill their friends, take away others and leave others with cut limbs, lips and older ones, their breasts.

All this suffering is inflicted by non other than self styled prophet Joseph Kony and his killing machines, who have failed to reach their original goal to over throw the government of Yoweri Museveni, and replace it with one of their own, a presumably rule run under the Biblical Ten commandment.

Joseph Kony and his Lord#8217;s Resistance Army rebels intensified their rebellion in the early 1988. Since then, people living in the areas of their operation have never got peace, nor a quiet sleep, let alone have full meals (lunch and supper).

Early this year, they did intensify their attacks. During Easter they struck several times and over 300 children, women and the old were killed, abducted or maimed.

This may sound a minor incidence, but Kony#8217;s group has abducted over 20.000 children in this part of the country. The senior rebels forcefully marry off the females.

In this little camp, life is changing though, thanks to the community of Ooij and some partner Organisations in Netherlands who contributed the funds that has helped set up projects in this camp.

Deep in the jungles several miles away from Gulu, Kitgum, Pader and Lira down in Masindi district is Kapanga refugee camp, is a new home for the likes of 8-year-old Janet Akwinyi who has come to bear the burden of a war.

O94 is a small NGO, which has decided to make life quiet, easier for Janet. For this, they have planned to invest over 500.000 Euros in Kapanga camp and run it alongside Hope North.

This is done in a bid to build a strong investment foundation for the children North after the war, according to the officials from 094 who paid a visit to the camp recently.

The organization president Billy Gunterman and the Secretary General Clemens Olthoff said efforts were being made to build a self-sustaining camp for the refugees who have to start a new life, which has to be looked at soon enough.

Olthoff said that among the projects planned in the camp is the building of a bakery, vocational institute, secondary school, a guest house and setting up a piggery among others.

Some of the projects have been completed and these include a primary school building and a tap water project, this first of its kind in the area and the purchase of an operational truck for the camp at a cost of 8000 Euros.

It is through such initiatives that the wounds from this bloody war can heal, and a future of a new child like Janet built for the better.