Region: Uganda

Materials from Uganda

Gorilla Doctors: Saving Endangered Great Apes

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Mountain gorillas are playful, curious, beautiful, and fiercely protective of their families. They are also one of the most endangered species in the world. For many years, mountain gorillas have faced the threat of t death at the hands of poachers. Funds raised by “gorilla tourism”––bringing people into the forest to see these majestic animals––have [...]

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One More Elephant: The Fight to Save Wildlife in Uganda

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Two brothers, Peter and William Moeller save the rapidly diminishing herds of elephants and other wildlife living in the Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda.

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Breakfast in the Rainforest: A Visit with Mountain Gorillas

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

A photographer shares a rare glimpse of mountain gorillas in the wild — and inspires readers to help protect them.Powerful but shy, the African mountain gorilla struggles for survival in the rainforests of Uganda’s national parks. Follow wildlife photographer Richard Sobol on an arduous journey to these hidden habitats and take a hushed, close-up look [...]

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Child of Dandelions

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

The river of jubilant people alarmed Sabine as they bobbed along Allidina Visram Street in Kampala….The dark faces drew closer. Women in bright gomesi and headscarves danced, and bare-chested men punched their fists into the air, chanting, “Muhindi, nenda nyumbani! Indian go home.”Sabine felt she was drowning in their cries.In August 1972, President Idi Amin [...]

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Ryan And Jimmy: And The Well In Africa That Brought Them Together

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 7, 2007

  In Agweo, Uganda, villagers were used to walking a long way every day in search of water. It costs a lot of money to build a well in Africa.  The six year old, Ryan Hreljac, kept doing chores around his parents’ house, even after he learned it could take him years to earn enough money [...]

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Beatrice’s Goat

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

More than anything, Beatrice longs to be a schoolgirl. But in her small African village, only children who can afford uniforms and books can go to school. Beatrice knows that with six children to care for, her family is much too poor. But then Beatrice receives a wonderful gift from some people far away — [...]

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