Memorial participants pray during a candlelight vigil to honor the 2003 LRA invasion of the Teso sub-region through Obalanga sub-county in northwestern Uganda. A total of 365 victims remains were gathered from around the sub-county during the 8 month LRA invasion of the region and laid to rest in a mass grave that is now marked with a memorial monument.

A woman and her daughter seek shelter during a rainstorm in Palaro, Uganda.

Aketo Janet waits for her group lesson to begin at the Atiak school in Northern Uganda. The boli cop, is a community saving plan designed to create emergency savings for community members, as well as provide micro loan financing for business startup plans.

Parracelle Primary School P4 students play games during their break. Northern Uganda schools were often a main target of the LRA during the war to abduct children for their army.

Storm clouds hover overhead as Aderyo Nancy and Aciro Harriett collect water at the local bore hole in Palabek, Uganda.

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Atiak locals gather on the streets during market day in the Amuru District. Many spent the day in preparation for the following day dedication of the Atiak Massacre monument which was attended by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.

Contestants vie for the Miss Uganda Crown at Diana Gardens in Gulu, Uganda.

Ongee, a former Captain in the Lords Resistance Army, takes a break while planting cassava in his garden. Ongee, was abducted at the age of 22 and held for four years. After leaving the LRA he sought refuge with his family in Sudan for fear of punishment from the Ugandan government. He recently returned home after receiving amnesty and hopes to bring his family to Uganda in the coming months. Much of his life is now spent in solitude because he fears he will hurt or kill someone due to the stigmatization he continues to face in his community.

An afternoon thunderstorm forces a group of youngsters inside the kitchen hut of Aciro Harriett in Palabek, Uganda.

Atiak mango season comes to a close as locals prepare their goods to be shipped to Kampala for resale.

Bertie and her son Erik collect white ants along the roadside in the late evening hours near Palabek, Uganda. Now, years after the end of the war, locals are able to travel on roads that would have been unthinkable to pass during the insurgency.

Atiak mango season comes to a close as locals prepare their goods to be shipped to Kampala for resale.

With help from a family member, a older gentlemen gets a haircut. During the war, many residents of Northern Uganda were forced into overcrowded refuge camps, where some lived for up to twenty years.

Atoo Cavine, 10, peers out the doorway of the Parracelle Primary School.

With only one leg, Cancy Laker casts aside her braces to dance with local community members during a traditional Acholi wedding in Parracelle, Uganda. The marriage was set to take place between a local man and his second wife but was not permitted after the brideÕs family rejected the dowry offering. The group danced from the morning to the late evening despite the failed nuptials.

Bertie and her son Erik collect white ants along the roadside in the late evening hours near Palabek, Uganda. Now, years after the end of the war, locals are able to travel on roads that would have been unthinkable to pass during the insurgency.

Aciro Harriett accompanied by her daughter, Acayo Given, 3, prepares the evening meal at her home in Palabek, Uganda near the South Sudan border. Harriett, was abducted by the Lords Resistance Army at the age of 16 and was held in captivity for 13 years. Since returning home her status as a former combatant has caused serious issues while trying to reintegrate into her community. She said that her new husband began viciously beating her after succumbing to the neighbors influence saying she was a killer and would kill him if he didn't kill her first. She left her husband and has returned to her family's homestead but still faces stigmatization by members of her community.