Uganda
Increased rice yields promote food security among households

 
Increased rice yields promote food security among households
21 March 2023
  On a warm Sunday morning in the southwestern district of Kamwenge, a group of farmers gather to celebrate the harvest of 3,000kg of rice from a three-acre piece of land they cul­tivated. The Mikole Zonal Rice Farmers’ group is even more excit­ed that ...
Valley dams help farmers grow vegetables all year-round
21 March 2023
  Farmers in West Nile can now grow with ease water-intensity crops such as tomatoes, eggplants and onions, thanks, to the Livelihoods Enhancement for West Nile and Acholi (LEWA) project implemented under the Development Initiative for Northern Uganda (DINU) ...
Sanitary cups change refugee girls’ menstrual experience
21 March 2023
 
Promoting healthy diets among households through backyard gardening
21 March 2023
  LWF facilitates and trains peers to train others on substance abuse, post-abortion care, family plan­ning referral, psychosocial support and teenage pregnancy through face-to-face and group sessions. The peer educator also encourag­es the girls to roll ...
Peer to peer model empowers young refugees to deal with trauma
21 March 2023
 
Digital solutions scale the impact of VSLA on smallholder women farmers
7 March 2023
  Nyek Pi Lonyi is a 34-member women-dominated smallholder village saving and loan association group in Northern Uganda’s Lamwo district. Nyek Pi Lonyi is a phrase among Luo-speaking Nilotic people in Uganda which is literary jealous is not wealth.
Mechanic training brings a slice of life to Salama
26 January 2023
 
How LEWA project is boosting sesame production in West Nile and Acholi
16 November 2022
  After realising the potential of the Acholi and West Nile subregions becoming a powerhouse as far as oil seed production is concerned, a consortium of three non-government organisations and a private sector company came in to empower the communities to ...
Farmer groups reap big from oil seeds production
16 November 2022
  In 2017, at least 70 farmers in Edele Village in Northern Uganda’s Moyo district formed a Village Saving and Lending Association (VSLA). “For Life” group majorly deals in oil seeds production, where they grow sunflower, sesame and soybeans. 
Overcoming depression: Community mental health services help patients
16 November 2022
  Until she opened up to one of the community mental health ambassadors in the settlement, 36-year-old Jane Abalo felt dead inside and lost hope for peace in this life.
Adult literacy empowers South Sudanese refugees to pursue income-generating activities
16 November 2022
 
Ebola outbreak: LWF receives $341,697 to increase awareness and adherence
21 October 2022
  LWF Uganda country program has received $341,697 in donations from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to enhance government efforts to prevent the further Ebola virus spread. The donation will facilitate timely risk communication, social mobilisation ...
Water supply interventions improve sanitation among vulnerable communities
15 October 2022
 
Uganda Cash Consortium receives €6m from the EU to provide cash assistance to refugees
4 August 2022
Additionally, cash for Education in Emergencies (EiE) will be provided to over 23,800 children and adolescents who are currently out of school or at risk of dropping out. This assistance will be provided during the third term in 2022 and 2023.
Peer support demonstrates good mental health-seeking behaviours among distressed refugees
29 July 2022
  Withdrawing from drug abuse and alcoholism as a coping mechanism has sparked Alex Duku's mental health activism. The 32-year-old in Northern Uganda's Boroli settlement in Adjumani district is now a model mental health community-based psychosocial ambassador. ...
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