The boy who runs

Description:

Julius Achon is the director of the Achon Uganda Children's Fund, a charity whose mission is to improve the quality of life in rural Uganda. He was captured at 12 and turned into a boy soldier; then miraculously found a career as one of the world's foremost middle-distance runners. How these life jumps happened is told here.

subjects: Runners (Sports),  Biography,  Child soldiers,  Athletes,  Uganda, biography,  BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY,  Social Activists,  HISTORY,  General,  SPORTS & RECREATION,  Running & Jogging,  SPORTS & RECREATION / Running & Jogging,  BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists,  HISTORY / Africa / General

People: Julius Achon (1976-)

Places: Uganda