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Help young people like Francis<\/h2>

Donations to our Give2Grow campaign made between 15th February to 15th May 2019 will be doubled by the UK Government, meaning you can help not just one farmer like Francis, but two.<\/p><\/div>

I want to help<\/a><\/div><\/div>
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Francis Osenya was eight when he was abducted by Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony\u2019s notorious Lord\u2019s Resistance Army (LRA).<\/p>\n

His childhood was stolen from him until, one day, he managed to escape the mayhem and return home to Teso, Northern Uganda.<\/p>\n

Although this happened more than 15 years ago, it is an experience that lives vividly in his memory to this day, and Francis admits that he has struggled to escape the shadow of that dark time.<\/p>\n

The eldest in a family of three who were orphaned when their parents both fell ill and died within a short time of each other, 20 years ago, Francis says that he never really had a childhood.<\/p>\n

Today, Francis lives in a compound with his married brother, sister-in-law, and their young family in Kapelebyong, in north-western Uganda.<\/p>\n