SALEM, Ohio — After the rebels killed her husband, Santa didn’t
know what to do. Her country had been ripped apart by a civil
war, resources were scarce and she was suddenly all alone with
five children. How would she feed their empty bellies? How would
she put a roof over their heads? How would she find clothes to
cover their backs? And it wasn’t just her children she worried
about. She had to take care of her mother, too. Santa wasn’t
even 40, but so many lives depended on her. How would she take
care of everyone? Unfortunately, there are many families in
Uganda just like Santa’s. Her country is full of widows and
orphans and desolate souls. For years, they’ve grasped at
anything they can to survive. But now, after decades of
struggle, there’s hope. And it’s coming a few oxen at a time. As
the sun beat down on Lokung — a large village near the equator
in northern Uganda — Geauga County farmer Vicki Solomon
patiently demonstrated how to adjust the chain length on a team
of oxen. Half a world away from her Hu