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Last September, long-time CHIPS supporter William Wilson made the long journey from Scotland to NE Uganda to visit the CHIPS team and find out all about CHIPS work there. William writes...

William with CHIPS Project Manager Simon-Peter

"This was my first visit to Uganda - it was a huge culture shock, and the more so as you travelled further from Kampala to Soroti, Iriri, and finally Apeitolim. Arriving at Apeitolim, the first impression is that it is basic, but orderly. The CHIPS project consists of a few traditional huts surrounded by neat plantations. It became clear that a lot of thought had gone in using what were mostly local resources. People had been resettling Apeitolim for about a year – it had been the site of a CHIPS project a few years ago, until an attack caused the inhabitants to flee.

A group of friends from Croxley Green, near Watford in Hertfordshire, recently completed a walk across the top of England, and helped raise funds for CHIPS in the process.

Made It!

Brian Thomson and Phil Brading, both members of St. Oswald’s Parish Church in Croxley Green, undertook the famous Coast to Coast walk with their friends Ges and Jane Carey. The walk, from St Bees on the Cumbrian west coast, to Robin Hood’s Bay on the east coast, covers a distance of 190 miles (305km) and passes through three of England’s spectacular National Parks, the Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors.

Our Annual Report for 2006-07 is now available - please click here to download a copy.

A UN envoy has recently called attention to the fact that Northern Uganda is not in as much crisis as Karamoja. For the full story reported in the Daily Monitor click here.

The second study weekend for the CHIPS Fellowship took place in Clapham, London on 3-4 March 2007.

After introducing ourselves, making shared agreements about our time together and having a short time of worship, Becky and Jamie led our first session on "Peace perspectives on atonement".

Mark Cuthbert, CHIPS Director, has just returned from 3 weeks in Uganda. A report of his trip can be downloaded here.

Teso-Karamoja cross border meeting of village elders (February 2007)

Our Annual Report for 2005-06 is now available - please click here to download a copy.

CHIPS Uganda Team (April 2006)

A recent article in the Ugandan newspaper 'New Vision' reports that Uganda registered the highest number of human deaths and theft of livestock as a result of cattle rustling among the seven countries in the Horn of Africa. It is estimated that 459 people were killed and around 10 000 animals stolen in the first 8 months of this year. See the whole article here.

The Karamoja Regional Council have also recently called for the Ugandan government to implement the Karamoja Integrated Disarmament and Development Plan rather than the heavy handed disarmament that has been taking place recently - read more here.

On 30 November 2006, CHIPS celebrated its 40th Anniversary at the Royal Commonwealth Society. Around 140 people attended including many long time supporters of CHIPS but also guests from fraternal organisations, politics, business, trusts, diplomats, and the media. A massive thank you to the sponsor, who wishes to remain anonymous, for allowing us to celebrate in style. Audio recordings of the proceedings can be downloaded by clicking on the name of the speaker of interest in the report below…

The Archbishop makes his address

Following the 40th Anniversary Party for CHIPS on the 30th November various articles have been appearing in the papers and on the internet. Here are a few – do let us know if you spot any others…

“Archbishop of York attacks UK and US policy in Iraq” in The Guardian “(1 Dec 2006).

“Archbishop of York attacks Government policy over Iraq” by Ekklesia (1 Dec 2006).