The boy who runs

By John Brant

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

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.