Uganda
Accelerating gender equality through economic empowerment

 
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. ...
Vocational skills tailoring refugees to self-reliance
29 July 2022
  Hosting over 40,000 refugees, majorly from South Sudan, the Palebek settlement in Northern Uganda, like others, has refugees operating several small income-generating activities aimed at economic self-reliance. These activities include hairdressing, tailoring, ...
The Care group approach improves child health and nutrition in host communities
26 May 2022
  In Northern Uganda’s Obogubu village is Aishya Baako, one of the trained volunteers who teach essential practices for good hygiene and infant care in her community. Subsequently, the initiative has improved healthcare-seeking behaviours decreased malnourished ...
The community service approach restores hope among vulnerable refugees
26 May 2022
 
Community-based interventions reduce malaria cases in selected sub-counties.
26 May 2022
  For the past five years, the cases of Malaria reported at ItakaIbolu Health centre ll have reduced more than thrice. The health centre located in Eastern Uganda's Luuka district is one of the governments funded that have benefitted from the Luuka Community ...
House construction with plastic reduces solid waste in settlements
26 May 2022
  With over a 1.5million refugees hosted in Uganda, there is increased degradation of soils, water, and tree cover, leading to several irreparable damages.This takes the form of waste, such as plastics littered in gardens, water points, and homesteads,thus ...
LWF drills 84 new boreholes and rehabilitates 56 others to increase water access
23 May 2022
 
LWF reactivates emergency response in Rwamwanja refugee settlement
23 May 2022
  A total of 7,537 refugees from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo arrived at the Ugandan border point of Bubukangwa in South Western Uganda's Bundibugyo district between February and March this year. The UN refugee agency has resettled the ...
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