Uganda
LWF’s Water System Transforms Healthcare at Kabala Health Center II, Northern Uganda

 
Village Savings rebuilding livelihoods in Palabek settlement
12 March 2018
  With the violent conflict in South Sudan unabated, Martha Ayaa fled to Uganda with her family, leaving behind their means of livelihoods; 10 bags of groundnuts and 5 acres of cassava. Arriving to the new Palabek settlement, established in April 2017 as ...
Meet the young refugee Fashion Designer inspiring others to join the industry
12 March 2018
  You give him an African fabric, Zubert Masuku gives you a ready-to-wear fine cloth, beautifully made by the hands of a skilled and experienced Fashion Designer. He spends his days making fine clothes for the young and old which has made him a distinguished ...
Access to clean water is a basic human right for all
9 March 2018
 
A free house for a DRC refugee
8 March 2018
  She fled DRC’s Kinyandoni village, with nothing in hand other than her three little children. 34-year-old Jacqueline Bogali had just lost her husband to ruthless militants when she decided to flee for her and her children’s lives. “I came to Uganda ...
How a farmer group in Adjumani is feeding thousands of Ugandans
5 March 2018
  Next to a heap of cassava in Agwarapi East Village, Adjumani district, a group of Ugandan farmers are seated, peeling and positioning the pealed cassava on tarpaulins under the sun for drying. Close to the cassava drying grounds is a small shelter which ...
The growing power of refugee women in business
4 March 2018
  Majority of South Sudanese refugee women till land for food and income, some have ventured in goat farming while others have established small businesses for the same reason in Adjumani district’s refugee settlements.
Meet the “mogul” with the only retail shop in “New York”
22 February 2018
  Usually saying you 'learned from the best' is hyperbole, but not for Franco Okot. The 25-year-old South Sudanese refugee in Palabek settlement started his business career in 2017 after undertaking a training in business and VSLA management funded by the ...
Free water for all in Palabek settlement
21 February 2018
  54-year-old Margaret Poni uses at least 120 litres of water every day. The mother of 5 fetches the water from a borehole only a few steps from her house in zone 1, Palabek settlement.   “The weather here is too hot and calls for much drinking water, ...
DRC new refugees have found safety in Uganda
19 February 2018
  41,452 Congolese new refugees have arrived in Uganda since January, 2018, more continue to arrive in thousands and others are waiting to cross from the other side. The influx follows fresh tribal conflicts and violence between the Lendu and Hema communities ...
Urgent support for DRC refugees needed
14 February 2018
Over 2000 people a day crossing border to Uganda (LWI) - The LWF in Uganda is poised to manage three entry points for refugees fleeing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, an emergency the UN has labelled critical.
DRC refugee crisis: Thousands fleeing to Uganda
13 February 2018
  Hope across Lake Albert 22-year-old Timothy Gambo fled his home in Kaafa village, Democratic Republic of Congo with his 3-year-old son aboard his fishing canoe. He was joined by two biological brothers and two friends on 8/02/2018 on a journey to peace ...
Piggery, a growing lucrative enterprise in Luuka district
1 February 2018
  Did you know that pork is the most widely consumed meat in the world and that Uganda is the highest pork consumer in Africa? Despite religious influences in Uganda that limit its production and consumption, people have accepted the business and pork as ...
VSLAs, an opportunity to eradicate poverty
1 February 2018
  Eradicating poverty is a prime priority for the 2063 African Union’s Agenda and the 2030 Agenda for the Sustainable Development Goals. Women in Luuka district, Uganda have joined the global fight against poverty by doing the best with the little resources ...
Malaria, a leading threat to human life in Uganda
29 January 2018
 
Water not for sale in Ataboo village
25 January 2018
  Hundreds of people in Ataboo B, Adjumani district would trek two kilometers every day to access clean water in a nearby village. Majority of these were women and children. This was after the communal borehole, drilled by the Government of Uganda broke ...
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