An international organization
working to abolish slavery around the world,
Free the Slaves (http://www.freetheslaves.net),
created the Freedom Awards 2008 to
celebrate today’s anti-slavery heroes and to
catalyze additional innovation and resources to
end slavery once and for all.
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Mr
Anywar Ricky with Bishop Desmond Tutu during the
award ceremony
Message from the chairman Board of Directors Welcome to the home of Friends of Orphans
online! FRO was founded in 1999 by Anywar Ricky
Richard.The organization began in a
humble way as a result of Ricky’s experiences as
an abducted child at the age of 14 by LRA. Ricky
has used his child soldier experiences as
motivation to found Friends of Orphans (FRO)
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The Right Reverend Bishop Benjamin Ojwang,
Message
from the Executive
Director For the last 21 years, a vast part
of northern Uganda and particularly the Acholi
community who inhabit it has experience one of
African’s most horrified conflicts in the history. The
war is between the rebel Read moreOur History:Friends
of Orphans (FRO) was founded and is administered by
former child soldiers, Orphans
and abductees from Pader District, all of Read moreStrategic Plan:
Friends of Orphans Is mandated to provide social
protection of poor vulnerable children and
communities. Such children include orphans
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Mr Anywar Ricky with Bishop Desmond Tutu
during the award ceremony
Messag
