Uganda sits just west of Kenya with part of its southern border lying at the shore of the famous Lake Victoria. Throughout its history, Uganda has been a country ravaged by war and poverty. At present, Uganda is fighting a war against HIV/AIDS. The infection rate is in the millions, which is among the highest in the world, and Uganda is doing everything possible to educate its people about the threat of the disease and prevent it from spreading further. Unfortunately, there was a time when HIV/AIDS wasn't the largest threat to the people of Uganda.

The year was 1962 and Uganda had just become and independent country. The first president of Uganda, Apolo Milton Obote, had recently banned opposition groups to fortify his government. Shortly after 1971, Obote was overthrown by Idi Amin Dada, who remained in power as president until 1979. During his term as president over 300,000 Ugandan citizens were murdered by his hand, and many more fled the country. In retaliation to Amin, Tanzanian forces and Ugandan exiles took back control of Uganda, and Apolo Milton Obote was established as president again. However, the fighting continued between many guerrilla groups and what was left of Idi Amin's army.

As history repeats itself, Obote was overthrown once again, this time by Tito Okello and his army, the UNLA (Uganda National Liberation Army). Okello's government lasted six months, during which he fought against Yoweri Museveni's NRA (National Resistance Army). Eventually Okello gained enough support to regain control of Uganda's government in January of 1986, when he established a National Resistance Council to govern the country.

By the 1990s, the fighting was over and the government eventually stabilized. Since then, Uganda's people and its government have been united to rebuild the country, which had been left in extreme poverty due to the wars.