{"id":220,"date":"2020-01-04T21:50:45","date_gmt":"2020-01-05T02:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/human-trafficking\/?page_id=220"},"modified":"2020-09-22T13:06:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T17:06:53","slug":"story-28","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/human-trafficking\/timeline\/old-out-of-the-shadows\/story-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Story 28"},"content":{"rendered":"

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GRACE, 15 – UGANDA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Grace Akallo was just 15 years old when she was captured by Joseph Kony\u2019s Lord\u2019s Resistance Army (LRA) in Aboke, northern Uganda. The militant group is notorious for sexually assaulting, kidnapping and killing thousands of civilians. They attacked her boarding school and abducted 139 girls. Grace was among the 30 captives taken to Southern Sudan, where they were tortured, raped and forced to kill. \u201cAt first, I was scared of even beating someone else because I was afraid they would get hurt,\u201d she says. When I was forced to kill another human being\u2026that really altered me. It affected me psychologically. Seeing somebody suffer because they are being mutilated is the worst thing you can ever witness.\u201d The children weren\u2019t trained as soldiers. They learned how to dismantle, clean and assemble guns and were thrown in the deep end \u2013 battling with the Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Army. \u201cIt was survival of the fittest,\u201d says Grace. \u201cYou had to shoot that gun to get food, you had to fight at the frontline to survive. They [the LRA] said hunger and thirst would teach us everything.\u201d (<\/span>Source<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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