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	Soroti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Soroti is the chief town of the Soroti District of Uganda, lying near Lake Kyoga.
		It is known for the rock rising beside the town as well as a variety of Muslim mosques, Hindu temples, Sikh gurdwaras as well as the countless churches that meet in various buildings in the town varying from the drab Anglican Cathedral to small Pentecostal congregations in school classrooms.
		Any visit to Soroti is not complete without a stroll round the stalls of fresh fruit and vegetables, dry goods and the local fish.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Soroti (300 words)

	District Information Portal :: Soroti District
		Soroti borders Kamuli, Lake Kyoga, Kumi and Pallisa in the south, Kaberamaido in the west and Katakwi in the northeast.
		Soroti district has a population of about 325,522 of which 156,839 are males and 166,683 are female.
		Soroti is one of the leading suppliers of sweet potatoes to markets in Kampala, Jinja, Mbale and other urban areas in the country.
	www.soroti.go.ug (593 words)

	Zarina achieves Micro-Success in spite of a childhood interrupted by war
		Born to northern Uganda's troubled Soroti District of the 1970s, Zarina blames "Museveni's War" for robbing her of a high school education.
		Soroti, but her last memory of education is climbing out the back window of a classroom, as fighting came closer.
		Childhood in Soroti and the neighboring District of Gulu is still under siege.
	lifeinafrica.com /1/zarina/1/childhood.htm (811 words)

	Soroti District :: Background Information
		Part of Kakungulu’s team camped near Soroti Rock where they forced the locals to clear the land and within a few years a large area had been cleared and considerable amount of settlement had taken place.
		Generally, it is a young population with the 0.4 age group (infants) forming 16 percent, 5-14 age group (children) constituting 28 percent 15-64 age group (economically active) forming 52 percent and 65+ (the aged) constituting 3.9 percent.
		Soroti district mainly comprises of Iteso and Kumam who speak Ateso and Kumam respectively and are Nile-Hamites.
	www.soroti.go.ug /background (790 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| world news Most of abducted schoolgirls found
		Soroti Resident District Commissioner Edward Masiga told AFP that "the girls looked tired when they were found and we did not want to ask them so many questions until they recovered from their ordeal."
		Unrest was meanwhile continuing in Soroti, whose main town of the same name lies 280 kilometres northeast of the capital Kampala.
		The situation in Soroti was tense as thousands of people arrived after fleeing the countryside, while others gathered at a bus terminal trying to catch transport to flee further east.
	iafrica.com /news/worldnews/248191.htm (488 words)

	Soroti, Uganda
		Soroti is off the beaten track with visitors finding themselves either stuck here overnight because of a lack of onward transport or because it is conveniently on the way to and from Kidepo for those traveling via Moroto.
		Soroti is also close to Lake Bisina where bird enthusiasts may visit in search of the Fox's Weaver, a Ugandan endemic.
		There is a good tarmac road all the way to Soroti from the main Kampala-Kenya road via Tororo and Mbale.
	traveluganda.co.ug /soroti.asp (224 words)

	25 Years After The Killing... They Never Found The Body, They Never Buried Him
		SOROTI - Aloysius Gonzaga Okurut, 9, is named after a grandfather he never got to see.
		On one of her daily visits to Soroti Prison, Evangelina was told Gonzaga was no longer there.
		Eventually she learnt that Gonzaga was being held at Naguru, which was the clearing house to Hell during Idi's tyranny.
	www.charlesobbo.com /article359.html (981 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Most of the 100 abducted Ugandan children found
		He said the situation in Soroti district was tense and that many shops had closed down in Soroti town, especially those run by Indian businessmen, who had left either for Mbale near the border with Kenya or the capital, Kampala.
		There was still unrest in Soroti district, whose main town of the same name lies 280 kilometres (175 miles) northeast of the capital, Kampala.
		But the situation in Soroti town remained tense as thousands of people arrived there after fleeing the countryside, while others gathered at a bus terminal trying to catch transport to flee further east.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/102a1de412c5c37949256d51001a08dd (600 words)

	Latest News - Millennium Campaign
		Soroti district, one of the poorer regions of Uganda, had been unable to host the June 16 Day of the African Child activates. The district officials had requested civil society local organizers to allow them partly sponsor the function.
		Soroti district is among those districts in Uganda where armed conflict and cattle-rustling have reigned havoc.
		The chief administrative office for Soroti reminded the gathering in his speech about the rights of the child: the right to adequate food, the right to education, health, decent clothing and shelter.
	www.millenniumcampaign.org /site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=grKVL2NLE&b=175513&content_id={840A040A-A8B6-4547-BADD-3031CFFD5F68}¬oc=1 (927 words)

	News Room
		Episcopal Relief and Development is helping children in the Diocese of Soroti in the Church of Uganda after rebel attacks in the area.
		Attacks in the Kaberamaido District, including one on a secondary school near Soroti in eastern Uganda, have forced thousands of people to flee.
		On behalf of the Episcopal Church, ERD has advanced $10,000 to the Diocese of Soroti to meet the basic needs of these children.
	www.episcopalchurch.org /newsroom_39799_ENG_HTM.htm (183 words)

	Act With Genius - Uganda Project
		Henry Okiria is devoted to the villages surrounding Soroti town in northern Uganda.
		He chose to give up a comfortable job in Kampala and return to Soroti to direct a Microfinance Institution to serve the villagers.
		Government soldiers have finally come to Soroti, but combat is difficult when precious children are being used as shields.
	www.actwithgenius.org /uganda (1168 words)

	WNSP Policy and Advocacy News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The new Soroti Information Unit is the fourth of the series of such units to be opened and supported by Isis-WICCE in the country with the aims of building skills and enabling the communicative mechanisms of women especially those in the rural areas.
		The Information Unit, which was launched by the Soroti district Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Mr Musa Ecweru on 13th May 2005 comprises of a computer set with its printer, a television set, a video deck, a mobile telephone hand set, and a landline telephone system.
		In his remarks, the RDC Soroti was happy that the newly opened information centre will not only help women and men in the community to learn and master the knowledge of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) but will also promote computer literacy.
	www.apcwomen.org /policy/news/index.shtml?x=91372 (1365 words)

	Drug stocks dwindling in east (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Doctors in the town of Soroti - around which most of the region's internally displaced persons (IDPs) are camped - said that as of this week, they had no further stocks of treatments for potentially lethal diseases like malaria.
		Okwana said health officials in Soroti were launching an appeal for urgent assistance to help the district restock its medical supplies.
		On Sunday, the LRA attacked the Otuopi suburb of Soroti, killing an unknown number of civilians and abducting around a dozen people, according to eye witnesses.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=36306 (422 words)

	Uganda - OCHA: 09-Nov-04
		In Teso region (Soroti, Katakwi and Kaberamaido), October marked the six-month of calm and a growing feeling that the LRA has indeed faded away.
		Those from Soroti sub-counties are moving to their home sub- counties to prepare their homes and cultivate.
		The districts, among other responsibilities are to provide services for monitoring the storage of food commodities in the schools and usage of WFP supplied items, ensure that schools maintain updated registers of enrolment and attendance, ensure hygienic and safe storage of food commodities.
	iys.cidi.org /humanitarian/hsr/04b/ixl115.html (5113 words)

	BIMI World - Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The “rebels” were not a part of my life in Soroti; I didn’t know who they were or what they were doing.
		As I arrived in Soroti, I found a very troubled state of mind among all the Africans.
		In Soroti there is a “Flight School” with a runway located right across the road from my compound.
	www.bimi.org /worldMag/304A4.asp (1705 words)

	Social Finance Unit: Microfinance in Post-Conflict Countries: The Case Study for Uganda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In the ‘’Luwero Triangle’’, Soroti and Kumi districts and Pakwach in Nebbi district (P-C districts), there was clear absence of grassroots financial intermediaries (FIs) to facilitate resource mobilization and lending.
		For the people in Soroti and Kumi, the loss of livestock results in the depletion of household assets, key to their survival.
		In Soroti, the local government is demanding that particular NGO’s funds be incorporated into the District budget, which is under direct control of the Chief Administrative Officer and not the NGO.
	www.ilo.org /public/english/employment/finance/papers/uganda.htm (14248 words)

	United Nations Division for Sustainable Development - Success Stories -1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Farmers from the agricultural region of Soroti had to import even the simplest agricultural machinery and tools for their daily work.
		UNIDO’s project in Soroti, financed by the UNDP and UNCDF, created local capacity to design and manufacture basic farm implements and agricultural machinery, as part of a larger project of rehabilitation of Uganda’s farming and food producing sector.
		In Soroti, UNIDO established one of the few indigenous producers of farm implements in Uganda, specialised in meeting the needs of local farmers and manufacturers.
	www.un.org /esa/sustdev/mgroups/success/agricult.htm (316 words)

	allAfrica.com: Uganda: Patient Dies After Power Cut At Soroti Hospital (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		THE increased load-shedding countrywide is causing severe problems in hospitals with Soroti Hospital among the affected.
		Reverend, Mr Washington Otaala, died on Tuesday at Soroti Hospital due to power failure that made it impossible for the doctors to assess his condition after an operation.
		The Soroti Chief Administrative Officer, Mr Omuge, said the situation is alarming.
	allafrica.com /stories/200603270377.html (405 words)

	Civil Aviation Authority Uganda : Soroti
		Soroti Airport terminal buildings are in good condition.
		The crash fire and rescue equipment and personnel are kept in high state of readiness for emergency service.
		Soroti Airport is the training base for the Soroti Flying School.
	www.caa.co.ug /soroti.php (111 words)

	PageTwister.com Newsletter Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The last week I was in Soroti, John announced he had saved up enough money to have the water line and the septic tank installed.
		One of the officers got pretty rough with John asking since he was a resident of Soroti why he didn’t know that the Army was in charge of the rock and it was one of their lookout points.
		I was very relieved to get to Soroti and find Henry had found me a very nice, very clean bed and breakfast called the Starlight Inn.
	www.pagetwister.com /generic/templates/blog.cfm?id=528&secver=sec1name&pid=31&storyid=1615 (9308 words)

	New Vision Online : Herbalists take Soroti by storm
		RESIDENTS of Soroti Municipality on Wednesday flocked Soroti Independence Square to get treatment and counselling from Balangila Herbal Research Office.
		Traditional healer Dr. William Mawanda led the herbal medicine treatment team which is to spend one week in Soroti town.
		The group promised to open an office in Soroti.
	www.newvision.co.ug /D/8/17/462109 (167 words)

	kumi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The diocese of kumi wa curved from the mother diocese of Soroti which consisted pf four districrs that is Soroti, Kaberemaido and Katakwi.
		Of these four disricts,Kumi was the first to get separated from Soroti in the year 1974, followed by Katakwi and finally of recent, Kaberemaido also split as a district.
		Kumi happens to be in between Mbale and Soroti district ont eh Eastern region of the province of the church of Uganda.
	www.coupdr.co.ug /kumi.htm (332 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This project was first launched in Katakwi and Soroti on 1st and 2nd July 2000 with public events, and is expected to spread all-over the country within the next 24 months starting with Rukungiri district whose launching is now scheduled for September 2000.
		The main aim was to sensitise the people of UDN activities and the upcoming events in Soroti and Katakwi on 1st and 2nd July and to call upon the entire public to participate.
		Public dialogue The local people were given a chance to air out their views and reactions towards the campaign and they raised several issues most of which were focused on salary delays.
	www.udn.or.ug /Launching_the_Grassroots_anti_corruption_campaign1.doc (1864 words)

	Uganda, A War Against Children (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Their goal is simply to strike terror into the hearts of the civilians through increasingly worse forms of torture and violence.
		This video with recent footage from the camps and MercyWorks’ outreach teams describes the conditions and needs that are present for the thousands of internally displaced people in the Soroti, Uganda area.
		This would be an excellent tool to alert a church or small group to this huge need that the international media has overlooked.
	www.mercyworks.org /uganda (240 words)

	Friends of Teso (Uganda) - Home Page
		The team was guest of Charles, Bishop of Soroti and the people of his Diocese.
		The original purpose was to build a hostel for girls to enable them to study in safety and to protect them from molestation and the risk of Aids.
		A 40 foot container of goods was despatched to Soroti on 26th November 2005 and arrived in Soroti on 22nd February 2006.
	www.friends-of-teso-uganda.org.uk (391 words)

	AEGiS-NV: Keep Lights On During Sex, Says Soroti Medical Officer
		At least according to the Soroti District Medical Officer, Dr. Nicholas Okwana.
		Robert Okello writes that Okwana last week urged the Iteso to desist from the cultural tendency to have sex in darkness.
		He was speaking at a workshop on Soroti District's strategic HIV/AIDS plan at Eneku village.
	www.aegis.com /news/nv/2005/NV050716.html (355 words)

	[No title]
		The project aims to improve adolescent health in Soroti with emphasis on strengthened and sustainable school health education.
		Donor: Irish Aid District Health Advisor, Soroti and Katakwi Districts AMREF is providing advisory services for the development of a district PHC programme in Soroti District.
		Soroti district has been split into two districts, and now Katakwi has been added to the programme.
	members.inode.at /a.petter/downloads/amref-in-uganda.doc (1610 words)

	Soroti Public Library - Uganda Public Libraries Tour - Daniel J. Cook & Robert P. Greivildinger
		Soroti Public Library - Uganda Public Libraries Tour - Daniel J. Cook & Robert P. Greivildinger
		"The highway north of Soroti" - Soroti, Uganda
		"On the road to Moroto" - northwest of Soroti, Uganda
	www.sois.uwm.edu /cook/soroti.htm (66 words)

	At Least 82 abducted Ugandan Schoolgirls Found
		Otekat said the army was still looking for the rest of the girls, who were abducted on Tuesday by Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels.
		Otekat said that the rebels had on Wednesday morning also ambushed a vehicle heading for Soroti from Katakwi district and wounded five occupants, who were all admitted at Soroti hospital.
		Heavy gunfire was heard again in Soroti town overnight on Wednesday and a Catholic priest, who asked not to be named, said the LRA rebels had tried to stage another attack on the town.
	www.rense.com /general38/ug.htm (306 words)

	MSF-USA: Field News 01/19/2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In the past several months, the fighting has been much more violent and has spread to new areas of the country, particularly the northern towns of Soroti, Gulu, and Lira.
		With arrivals flooding in, no preparations had been made to properly receive the displaced, and people were stricken with measles and malnutrition.
		Today, many people are now leaving Soroti for neighboring camps that offer more security, but these sites are not prepared to receive them and lack shelters, latrines, food distribution and access to health care.
	www.doctorswithoutborders.org /news/2004/01-19-2004.htm (256 words)

	CPJ News Alert 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		New York, June 25, 2003—The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed that Ugandan authorities have closed the Catholic Churchowned Radio Kyoga Veritas FM, in the northeastern town of Soroti, for airing reports about fighting in the region between government forces and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
		On the afternoon of Sunday, June 22, police raided the offices of the Soroti Catholic Diocese Integrated Development Organization, where the station is located, and stopped all radio broadcasts.
		Sources in Soroti said that at a June 17 security meeting in Soroti, Ugandan minister of state for refugees and disaster preparedness Christine Amongin Aporu directed all radio stations in the area to stop airing news or talk shows about the LRA attacks.
	www.cpj.org /news/2003/Uganda25june03na.html (386 words)

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