Voices of Uganda

I Hope My Request Meets With Your High Consideration

Melissa Fitzgerald | Posted 07.05.2011

Melissa Fitzgerald

When I was in Uganda, a young man I met asked for a book on Mahatma Gandhi. He didn't ask for money. He didn't ask for food. He didn't ask for a plane ticket to the United States and out of his horrific living conditions. He asked for a book.

Northern Uganda: The Biggest Forgotten Humanitarian Crisis

Melissa Fitzgerald | Posted 05.25.2011

Melissa Fitzgerald

As I was leaving an IDP camp, a man said to me, "Please don't let us die in this horrible place. Please tell the people in America what is happening here." I promised myself I would.