Uganda
Backyard gardening is improving food security and nutrition among refugees in Palorinya settlement

 
Backyard gardening is improving food security and nutrition among refugees in Palorinya settlement
28 January 2019
  Every month, each refugee receives a food ratio of 8 kilograms, 6 of these are of maize flour while the 2 are for beans. It’s on this quantity of food that one is supposed to survive for a whole month as they patiently wait for the next ratio from the ...
Meet Emelda Modong, a South Sudanese refugee rebuilding her life through business
24 January 2019
  She was poor and left with no income source when she arrived in Uganda in December, 2016, but, Emelda Modong now brags rich. Modong is one of the women refugees considered financially independent in Zone II of Palorinya settlement, Moyo district.
Farmer groups increase agricultural productivity for food security and better livelihoods
23 January 2019
  Atimango Group is a Farmers’ and Savings group of South Sudanese refugees in Palabek settlement, Lamwo district. Unlike thousands of refugees in Uganda’s settlements, these 30 members own 10 acres of farmland. The members who once only owned a 30 x ...
A stitch in time saves nine: LWF upholds maternal health in Kyangwali refugee settlement
21 January 2019
  Kyangwali refugee settlement - It’s 3:30 pm here in Kyangwali refugee settlement. 14-year-old Shifra Makombi (not real name) is experiencing labor pains. The 14-year-old rape survivor is rushed to Maratatu Health Centre II where she can hardly get the ...
Baby Sara saved from the fangs of malnutrition: LWF is defeating malnutrition in Kyangwali settlement
8 January 2019
  Kyangwali refugee settlement - Joyce Tuhaise birthed her first child in kituti village since the health centre is miles away from her home in Kituti village, Tuhaise had a home birth. Due to cultural beliefs and norms, the new mother painfully waited ...
Co-Founder of Rwamwanja Rural Development and Training
23 November 2018
 
From a graduate to a video hall owner
20 November 2018
 
Lady in Building & Construction, a male dominated vocation
20 November 2018
 
Meet Amal, a single mother rebuilding her life in Palabek refugee settlement
15 November 2018
  “I fled war and violence in my home country – South Sudan. I sought refuge in Uganda after witnessing the death of my friends by violence.” Says Beatrice Amal who fled Lagii Village, Pajok county in South Sudan to Uganda in April, 2017.
The people of Northern Uganda uphold Environmental Conservation
16 October 2018
  The world loses an average of 18.7 million acres of vegetation per year according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). This is due to the increasing pressure on the environment and land to accommodate the growing population as well as livelihood activities ...
Supporting adult literacy in Uganda
28 September 2018
LWF provides education and cash grants to refugees and hosts  (LWI) Shop owner James Erama’s business used to lose a lot of money every month because he couldn’t balance his books or track his investments, sales or profits. However, ever since he learned ...
Conserving the environment through tree planting
27 September 2018
  There is struggle for land for different activities such as cultivation, shelter, livestock among others. The influx of refugees in the hosting communities added on the already high pressure on land. The scramble for land to accommodate the different activities ...
LWF phases out water trucking in Palorinya settlement, establishes sustainable water sources
18 September 2018
  Thousands of South Sudanese refugees in Palorinya settlement now have access to enough clean and safe water. Since the refugees’ most basic means of survival is clean safe water, the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) prioritizes extending it to them in ...
Teenage pregnancies: A growing vice in Uganda
6 September 2018
  Uganda has the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in Sub-Saharan Africa with over 25% pregnancies among teenagers registered every year. The 2014 Uganda population census faults this on the immense sexual reproductive health problems. 
An inception meeting for the second phase of the Universal Periodic Review in Uganda
23 August 2018
  LWF Uganda held and inception meeting for the second phase of the Universal Periodic Review Project. The Inception meeting was attended by representatives from Local and International Civil Society Organizations, Uganda Human Rights Commission, Office ...
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