Departing at dawn through the front gate at Noah&Otilde;s Ark Shelter. The shelter is one of the few places children, known as Night Commuters, can find protection every  night to avoid being abducted by the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) in Northern Uganda. The LRA is primarily made up of abducted youth. Night Commuters find much more than safety in the compounds, they also find friendships, activity and fellowship. Tens of thousands of children, on average, make this exodus every evening. The war in Northern Uganda has been transpiring for two decades. Gulu, Gulu District, Uganda, Africa. July 2004 &copy; Stephen Blake Farrington