This week in the forest we had a group called Mend from Invisible Children come to the forest for a two day program. This was a group of about thirty incredible women who had been abducted during the war and later rescued. Invisible Children is bringing them through psychosocial healing and training them to tailor [...]

Greetings blog readers. First of all I welcome you to this blog and to The Recreation Project page. May your browsing encourage you! My name is Cassie (Lamara) Buelow and I am the newest addition to The Recreation Project staff. I am here in Gulu, Uganda for the next two months doing my internship here [...]

Last week we had five groups on the ropes course, two that were large and included over 140 people–which means a lot of responsibility for the TRP team. One of the most powerful sessions was with a group of 25 blind kids from Gulu High School and another group of children who were born in [...]

Hello world…I’ve been TRP’s Marketing and Development Intern for over two months now and it’s about time I introduce myself. I’m Sarah. It’s great to be here. When I first learned about The Recreation Project, I was immediately intrigued. You see, I traveled to Uganda in December 2009–it was a trip that would forever alter [...]

On our recent overnight wilderness excursion, the wind and rain forced us under tarps, trees, and small caves.  As I moved around to see how our club was holding up, I encountered groups chatting, laughing, and dancing in the rain.  Underneath one tarp I found just one of our guys providing rain protection to a [...]