The Night Commuters

A heart breaking story of children, war, slavery and survival in northern Uganda.

Every night in northern Uganda, thousands of children between the ages of three and seventeen walk by themselves up to ten miles from their homes to the relative safety of town centers, where they sleep on sidewalks, under verandas, and in makeshift tents. These children, called "night commuters", walk in order to avoid being abducted and forced into soldiering or sexual slavery by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army.