GuluWalk Day 2007 - In the News

Oct 30/07 - GuluWalk raises awareness for African children
by Sarah Neff (Kansan.com)
Julia Guard walked four miles Saturday evening carrying a sign that read “I walk for peace in Uganda.” Guard, Lawrence freshman, along with 53 other students and Lawrence residents, participated in the Lawrence Gulu Walk to raise money for the orphaned and abducted children in northern Uganda. Several carried signs and wore orange Gulu Walk T-shirts.

Oct 29/07 - 'GuluWalks' spotlight civil war in Uganda
by David Ranii (The News & Observer)
The 21-year-old civil war that is ravaging Uganda has been dubbed "the world's worst neglected humanitarian crisis" by a United Nations official. But it's all too real to Okot Nyormoi, a biology professor at N.C. Central University

Oct 24/07 - First GuluWalk's Under Sunny Skies
by Gerard Creces (Goderich Signal-Star)
If anything can be said for Saturday, it’s that it was a great day for a walk. At Courthouse Park in Goderich, the orange-clad crowd couldn’t have agreed more. About 70 participants turned out for Goderich’s first Gulu Walk, an event which raised both funds and awareness for children in northern Uganda.

Oct 24/07 - GuluWalk reaches out to Ugandan youth
by Jennifer Huygen (The Gateway)
Hundreds of Edmontonians donned their walking shoes on Saturday and took to the streets to show support for the plight of over 1.8 million people affected by civil war and violence in the African nation of Uganda.

Oct 23/07 - Calvin Students Join GuluWalk
by Myrna Anderson (Calvin College)
On Saturday, October 20, 2007, Calvin students were among 30,000 people from 100 U.S. cities and 15 countries taking part in GuluWalk to raise awareness about the 20-year civil war in Uganda. “It’s basically a ripple effect that we’re trying to create,” said Calvin senior Anna Lion, one of the walk organizers.

Oct 23/07 - GuluWalk for Uganda
by Ines Beatrix (The McGill Tribune)
150 McGill students and Montrealers convened at the Roddick Gates at 2 p.m. last Saturday, Oct. 20, to participate in a one-day, world-wide protest against the raging civil war in Uganda. This event was organized by GuluWalk, an international grassroots organization that often focuses on the plight of Ugandan children caught in the midst of this 21-year long civil war.


Oct 22/07 - GuluWalk raises $10,000
(Victoria Times-Colonist)
About 250 people participated in the five-kilometre GuluWalk from Clover Point to the legislature, raising close to $10,000, said spokesperson Amy Konowalyk.

Oct 22/07 - Group steps out to support children of Uganda
by Jeff Shaffer (Standard Journal)
For years, children in Uganda walked to avoid conscription into a rebel army. On Saturday, Bucknell University students and others walked in remembrance and support of those displaced individuals.

Oct 22/07 - GuluWalk Raises Awareness
by Bryan Gibel (Daily Lobo)
About 20 people walked 4 1/2 miles from Johnson Field to Civic Plaza on Saturday to support refugees in northern Uganda. The trek, called GuluWalk, was part of an international campaign to help children who flee villages to avoid coercion to fight in Uganda's 20-year civil war, said alumna Kay Bounkeua, who organized the Albuquerque walk.

Oct 22/07 - Students March For Uganda
by Hee Kwon Seo (The Harvard Crimson)
A small Harvard contingent joined 100 other marchers in Boston Common on Saturday afternoon to demand both immediate peace in northern Uganda and increased aid to the war-torn region.

Oct 22/07 - Walk supports kids in rebel conflict
by Jana G. Pruden (Regina Leader-Post)
It was at a GuluWalk in Calgary that Josh Campbell was first touched by the plight of children in northern Uganda. Now, after two years and a lot of time in the East African country, Campbell has organized Regina's first walk in support of children affected by Uganda's 21-year rebel conflict.

Oct 22/07 - Toronto Guluwalks a mile in others’ shoes
by Josh Rubin (The Varsity)
This past Saturday thousands of people in over 100 cities across the world marched during the annual Guluwalk to show their support for the Acholi children of northern Uganda. The walk, founded in Toronto only two years ago by Adrian Bradbury and Kieran Hayward, has grown to be international in scope, and was recently named one of the world’s best fundraisers by New York-based Non-Profit Times.

Oct 21/07 - Local Ugandans draw attention to nation's suffering, hope
by Ron Chalmers (The Edmonton Journal)
Children are dying in northern Uganda from starvation and disease, despite a ceasefire agreement between the national government and Lord's Resistance Army, say organizers of Saturday's 12.5 kilometre GuluWalk.

Oct 21/07 - Walk supports child abductees
by Ibrahim Ng (London Free Press)
Professor Joanna Quinn was limping with a cane, but that didn't stop her from being at London's GuluWalk yesterday. While a torn calf muscle prevented her from joining the six-kilometre hike, she was able to speak of how Ugandan children are being abducted for use as sex slaves or child soldiers.

Oct 21/07 - Calgarians join GuluWalk to help kids of Uganda
by Katie Schneider (Calgary Sun)
Hundreds of Calgarians joined thousands of people worldwide yesterday to take steps toward a better life for children in war-torn Uganda in the international GuluWalk. Robert Bombardieri, organizer of the local walk, said the event began in Toronto in 2005 to bring attention to the child "night commuters" who used to walk nightly from their villages to displacement camps in Gulu and other Ugandan towns to sleep in safety and avoid being abducted as soldiers and sex slaves.

Oct 21/07 - GuluWalk rallies support for Ugandans
by John Terauds (The Toronto Star)
In few words, Ugandan émigré Ben Amanyangole summed up GuluWalk for its 1,000 participants as they prepared to leave the corner of Yonge St. and Lawrence Ave. E. yesterday. "We should not have to walk for a conflict in a different part of the world every year," said Amanyangole, asking marchers to engage in a dialogue with politicians and business leaders to help eradicate economic oppression and violence around the world.

Oct 20/07 - On The GuluWalk
by Ben Gelinas (The Record)
High school students, university faculty, twenty-somethings and their pets were among the Kitchener-Waterloo contingent of the third annual GuluWalk, staged in over 80 cities in 15 countries to highlight the plight of north Ugandan youth.

Oct 20/07 - GuluWalk Raises Awareness
by Chris Sweigart (11Alive.com)
More than 100 people gathered at Freedom Park Saturday to bring attention to a global issue. The participants in Gulu Walk are trying to raise money and awareness about the conditions in the African Country of Uganda.

Oct 20/07 - Boise students Walk for North African Conflict
by Kaycee Murray (KTVB.com)
Saturday’s chilly weather did not stop more than 50 students from walking through downtown Boise to raise awareness about Northern Uganda. Students from Boise High and Bishop Kelly participated in the area's first annual Gulu Walk, an event that takes place across the globe.

Oct 20/07 - Global march for peace begins 1 p.m. today at U of W
(The Windsor Star)
Windsor will be one of about 100 cities worldwide taking part in a walk today to promote peace in northern Uganda.

Oct 20/07 - Marchers Walk for Northern Uganda Peace
by Margaret Besheer (Voice of America)
About 100 secondary school and university students marched down Washington's Pennsylvania Avenue towards the White House in orange t-shirts emblazoned with "GuluWalk."

Oct 19/07 - ASWSU senators host fundraiser for Ugandan charities
by Eliyah Madsen (The Daily Evergreen)
The Ugandan conflict has not gone unnoticed by members of the campus community. They believe many students are aware of organizations created to help those suffering, but that it’s been difficult for students to contribute in a significant way. On Sunday, WSU students hope to have a chance to change that.

Oct 19/07 - Walking in Norfolk for peace in Uganda
by Austin Bogues (Daily Press)
Activists will take to the streets of Norfolk Saturday to bring attention to turmoil in Uganda. Norfolk will be one of 100 cities participating in the worldwide "Gulu Walk". The event starts at noon Saturday in the parking lot of Harbor park and willl end at the Todd Rosenlieb Dance Center.

Oct 19/07 - GuluWalk Is No Easy Stroll
by Chloé Fedio (Vue Weekly)
Lillian Du was 16 years old when she first heard about the situation in Uganda. Half a world away, Ugandan youth the same age as her were walking up to 20 km every night just to escape abduction, and she was inspired to do something about it.

Oct 19/07 - GuluWalk returns to Dayton Oct. 20
by Dan Lukens (Flyer News)
The GuluWalk will take place in Dayton Oct. 20 and asks the question “Are you one?”, encouraging students to answer the call and help make peace and aid children by calling attention to the events in Northern Uganda. In Africa, halfway across the world, nearly half a million individuals are living in a constant struggle for their lives.

Oct 12/07 - GuluWalk set for Oct. 20 at Spencer Smith
(Burlington Post)
GuluWalk is back. The fundraising and awareness walk on behalf of refugees in the African country of Uganda is set for Saturday, Oct. 20. The inaugural Burlington GuluWalk in 2006 attracted a little over 100 participants who raised about $6,700 for the displaced children of northern Uganda.