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PHOTOGRAPHY: In 2005, Torontonians Adrian Bradbury and Kieran Hayward started up the GuluWalk, a month-long night commute to raise awareness for northern Uganda's "night commuters"—as many as forty thousand children who walked from their rural villages into the town of Gulu and other urban centres to sleep in relative safety and avoid abduction by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Inspired by their actions, photographer Andrea Smith went to Uganda in 2007 to document the plight of these children, living in displaced persons camps. Her latest exhibit of two dozen stunning photographs, "Understanding Gulu: A look at life within the camps," opens tonight in partnership with GuluWalk. Smith will be joined by founder Bradbury and member of Toronto's Acholi Diaspora, Charles Olango, for a discussion about the conflict and rehabilitation efforts in the region. All proceeds go to GuluWalk, and every ten-dollar donation gets you a raffle ticket for a photo shoot valued at five hundred dollars. Gallery DK (1332 Queen Street West), 7–10 p.m., $10 suggested donation.

Photo by Carrie Musgrave.

Photo credit: Victor Tavares.