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One day, when Alice was nine, she went to the well to get water for her family. Some men in uniform approached her. It was a full year before Alice set eyes on her parents again.
Forced to spend a year with the Lord’s Resistance Army, Alice witnessed the torture and killing of many abductees who tried to escape. She was ordered to walk up to 25 miles in a day, often eating only wild berries instead of meals. Once when Alice was too exhausted to walk, she was severely beaten with canes. Risking it all, she finally escaped with two other women.
After she returned home, Alice was rebuked by her peers as a “killer with the devil in her.” Alice recently joined a GRG farming project, and she already feels its benefit.
– Alice