Our Sydney runners and walkers are coming together in 2017 to transform a tiny village in northern Uganda. Aminocira is located 30km south-east of Lira town, the main town where our offices are based. There are 136 families in Aminocira. With an average birth rate of 7, that's approx. 1200 people. The Village The entrance to Aminocira is nestled amongst trees and bushes which opens up to a clearing filled with thatched roof huts and more modern brick buildings. The surrounding landscape is vast and filled of undulating land, dotted with palm trees, mango trees, acacia, bushes etc. There is no school in the village, so the children walk between 30-60 minutes there and back per day to the closest school. Transport is generally on foot, unless someone is well off enough to afford a bike. These are the traditional mud brick homes common throughout Africa. Whole families share a compound like this one. The multiple buildings are like different rooms - on