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Keep up with the latest happenings at Outside the Dream.

  1. Forced to Murder, Aged 10: “How does a former child soldier cope with civilian life?”  So asks Nick Taussig in his latest article, recently featured in The Independent, about Uganda’s civil war and the child soldiers forced to fight it. Download the PDF or read the article online.


  1. Thank you to all those who helped make our March 2009 benefit a success!  We would also like to extend a thank you for the generosity of the following businesses:


All Fired Up

The Paint Your Own Pottery Studio

Collingswood, NJ, USA

www.paintatallfiredup.com


Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar

Philadelphia, PA

www.cubalibrerestaurant.com


The Little Tuna

Haddonfield, NJ

www.thelittletuna.com


  1. OTD partners with Rosa International Middle School in New Jersey, USA. Students and staff at the middle school are committed to raising enough funds to build a well at Awegys School while raising awareness about the worldwide access to water.


  1. Acclaimed author and OTD board member

Nick Taussig recently published his latest novel, 

Gorilla Guerrilla, about the intertwined lives of a

child soldier and an endangered animal in Uganda.

A portion of all proceeds goes to OTD. To purchase,

please visit www.gorillaguerrilla.co.uk/

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www.exploringuganda.blogspot.com

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