ED NOTE: I’m not a dog person but this story just warmed my heart! -Malaka Gharib, editor, NPR Goats and Soda
This is Charles. After he returned from fighting in Uganda’s civil war, he had flashbacks. He panicked at loud noises, lashed out at others and contemplated suicide. Then he got a dog named Ogen Rwot. “She is like my sister,” he says.