Title: 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
Places: Uganda
People: Julius Achon (1976-)