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"Primary School Head, Mr Ntairaho is taking part in a survey of displaced children in the Masindi district. The area is full of people who have fled the gruesome fighting further north where t...he Lords Resistance Army (LRA) is taking on the Ugandan government and terrorising the local population. But ordinary life goes on too. This moving film is also the story of Opio, an orphan who came to Masindi after his parents were killed by the LRA fighting. Opio is a skilled athlete whose father ran at national level - Opio is striving to run in his footsteps."
"Primary School Head, Mr Ntairaho is taking part in a survey of displaced children in the Masindi district. The area is full of people who have fled the gruesome fighting further north where t...he Lords Resistance Army (LRA) is taking on the Ugandan government and terrorising the local population. But ordinary life goes on too. This moving film is also the story of Opio, an orphan who came to Masindi after his parents were killed by the LRA fighting. Opio is a skilled athlete whose father ran at national level - Opio is striving to run in his footsteps."
| Series: | African School |
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| Duration: | 00:29:30 |
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| Producer: | Emma De'ath |
| Narrator: | Sophie Okonedo |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | : http://www.open2.net/africanschool/ |
| Subject terms: | Education--Africa; Teaching--Africa |
| Production number: | JOUA3387N |
| Available to public: | no |
