Friday, November 22, 2024
Friday, November 22, 2024
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Ugandan nun
Ugandan Nun Eyes Coveted Global Teacher Prize for Transforming Ex-Rebels’ Lives
Some day in 1986 when the Lord’s Resistance Army, an infamous rebel group that terrorized people in the northern parts of Uganda, was at the height of their activities in the East African landlocked nation, a young Catholic nun who had just professed as a religious felt hopeless at the sight of the torture that people underwent at the hands of the rebels.
Ugandan Nun, Kenyan Catholic among Winners of Inaugural AU Continental Teacher Prize
The African Union (AU) Continental Teacher Prize launched this year “as a means for demonstrating respect for teachers and the teaching profession, by encouraging and celebrating the committed teachers in Africa” has been won by three teachers from Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda, among them, a Catholic nun.
