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A long walk to school (multimedia)

School children in Orapwoyo, northern Uganda. Euan Denholm/IRIN
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    Many Ugandans in the north have left the overcrowded displaced camps to start their lives over in the villages.  But little provision has been made for their return.
     

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    Children now living in the resettlement site of Orapwoyo, in Gulu district, have to make a two-and-a-half hour trek, wading across muddy rivers, to the nearest school.  

    They arrive, tired and hungry, even before the lessons start.

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    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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