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KASSIM THE DREAM OUMA TO FIGHT FOR GULUWALK IN LAS VEGAS,

UGANDAN TO WEAR GULUWALK INTO THE RING ON DE LA HOYA CARD

Former child soldier Kassim The Dream Ouma will be stepping into the ring not just for his country on Saturday, May 6 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, he will also be entering the squared circle for GuluWalk and the children of northern Uganda.
'The Dream', a former world champion and the official number one contender for the World Junior Middleweight title, will have the GuluWalk logo emblazoned on both his robe and his trunks when he enters the ring in front of a worldwide audience on HBO. Ouma's bout will be featured as the main undercard for the much anticipated return to the ring of 'The Golden Boy', Oscar De La Hoya.
In 1984, Ouma was kidnapped by the rebel National Resistance Army at the tender age of five, along with his entire primary school class. He was forced to fight in unspeakable conditions and spent five years with the NRA, which was led by current Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni, before being reunited with his family 1989.
"I was a child soldier in Uganda and I know what war can do to child. It's time for the world to stand up and say enough is enough," said Ouma, who is from the village of Busia, which is on the Kenyan border in southeastern Uganda. "GuluWalk is listening to these kids and being their voice, and I'm proud to go into the ring for children who have suffered enough."
GuluWalk is a Canadian-led event that started as a way to better understand the ordeal of the night commuters of northern Uganda. It has now grown into an urgent, impassioned worldwide movement for peace. GuluWalk will go global once again in October of 2006 and will continue to raise awareness and money to support children's programs in northern Uganda.
"To have Kassim step forward and take a stand for the children of the north is an important statement," said GuluWalk co-founder Adrian Bradbury. "This sends a clear message to all Ugandans and the entire international community that we are all responsible. Every child is indeed precious and what's happening in the north today deserves our immediate attention."