From child soldier to bricklayer: UK aid at work in northern Uganda
Some 60,000 children were abducted by the Lords Resistance Army during their 20 year campaign of terror in northern Uganda.
David Ojok was abducted at the age of 13, and forced to become a child soldier. Now he is working as a bricklayer, thanks to training he received at the Northern Uganda Youth Development Centre, which is supported by UK aid.
"Without this training," says David, "I possibly would be dead. I would have been pushed into stealing for food. The centre has changed my life."
Picture: Pete Lewis/Department for International Development
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