The 20-year war in Northern Uganda was traumatizing. Many of us suffered horrific atrocities and tragic family losses, displacement from our ancestral villages, and overcrowded camp conditions. Some were abducted and forced to become child soldiers. Some received psychosocial support services for the immense trauma they experienced, but most did not. Additional factors create enormous challenges, including domestic violence, HIV/AIDS, youth unemployment, illiteracy, malnutrition, food insecurity, deforestation, drought, natural disaster, diseases, alcoholism and depression, the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the soaring cost of living, damage to ecosystems, climate change, and the continuing deterioration of our cultural values.