At the age of 9, Okello Ronald was abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army and forced to become a soldier. He watched the rebels murder his father and lost his arm in battle.This photograph is by Stephen Shames. In 2000 he went to Uganda to begin documenting AIDS orphans in Uganda and came across this boy in the process. He visited his home and on the wall in his room is written "no excuses".
After all this boy has been through, all he has witnessed, and all he has been forced to do, he lives by the motto "no excuses". So many people would give up after going through such horrific experiences, but not this boy. He will do whatever it takes to make it.
This photo reminds me that once we have seen we cannot pretend that we don't know. We cannot just sit around and do nothing for the least of these. Get up, get moving, be active, DO SOMETHING! NO EXCUSES!!
To see the video of this boy click on this link:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/06/28/weekinreview/shames-slideshow/index.html
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