Key facts about Uganda

• Northern Uganda has suffered 20 years of brutal civil war
• Uganda has a population of 30.9 million
• Agriculture is the main industry
• 78% of people are Christian
• 2 million people have been internally displaced because of the fighting
• 35,000 children were abducted as child soldiers who made up 80% of the rebel forces frontline
• Girls were taken as sexual slaves, many becoming child mothers
• 1,000 people died every week because of violence or disease accross northern Uganda
• Life expectancy is 49.7 years of age
• There is widespread poverty and malnourishment