Uganda
"People are not starving, they are being starved”

LWF joins interagency call to fight famine
"People are not starving, they are being starved”
20 April 2021
LWF joins interagency call to fight famine
COVID-19: Responding when social distancing isn’t an option
5 October 2020
LWF World Service concerned about long-term effects of the pandemic
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 ...
Tony Okot is reaping big from bananas
18 December 2017
  For Tony Okot, a 22-year-old banana farmer in Williwilli village, Pader district, bananas will always be looked at as a treasure. The harvests from his one-acre banana farm have helped pull the fangs of poverty out of his life.
Women sustaining families in Pagirinya settlement
13 November 2017
  ADJUMANI - Topista Angua’s day begins at 5:00am, in her five-acre garden in Pagirinya settlement in Adjumani district. She is growing two acres of maize, two of groundnuts and one of sesame (simsim). Part of her produce is for consumption while the other ...
The first female constructor in Rwamwanja
5 October 2017
LWF provides education and job opportunities to Congolese refugees Hawa Andrew has the most beautiful house in Rwamwanja refugee settlement, Uganda. That at least is the opinion of her family, who lives with her, and of course of the person who constructed ...
Beyond survivorship: How Rose expanded her business
23 September 2017
  Adjumani District- Rose (whose name was changed for anonymity) is a survivor of gender-based violence (GBV). She is also one of Nyumanzi settlement’s most successful businesswomen who sells high-end clothing from Kampala, Uganda’s capital. Before founding ...
Meet Hawa Andrew, a female builder in Rwamwanja settlement
22 September 2017
  She makes bricks and builds houses for a living. Andrew is an 18-year-old young woman who braves working at construction sites, in tough weather conditions and heights while laying foundations, building walls and erecting roofs for an income for both herself ...
How Boer bucks are improving goat farming in Rwamwanja settlement
22 September 2017
  He ventured into goat farming with 13 local breed goats three years ago. Manowa Bihonzi, a Congolese refugee and a resident of Rwamwanja settlement, has now expanded the farm to 70 goats. In addition to the local breed goats, Bihonzi now has Boers, and cross ...
Kashene business group uses produce to kick poverty out of homesteads
14 September 2017
  They deal in produce. Keshene business group of 25 women refugees in Rwamwanja settlement are buying maize grain and beans that they will sell for a living. The group buys produce at a lower price during wet seasons and expect to sell at higher prices ...
Hadji reaps from building modest shelters for people with special needs
11 September 2017
  He fled the Democratic Republic of Congo to Uganda in 2013 with nothing other than his two little boys and wife. Haruna Hadji, a resident of Base Camp 2 zone, in Rwamwanja settlement now owns a home, boutique and motorcycle.
Livelihoods improving through green businesses in Rwamwanja Settlement
9 September 2017
  They till their garden for at least 8 hours a day, 5 days a week during Uganda’s wet seasons. The White Doves garden as a group in the fertile hills and valleys of Rwamwanja settlement located in Uganda’s south western region. The group of 15 Congolese ...
Businesses thriving with solar energy in Rwamwanja Settlement
8 September 2017
  Trio-Active bakery is thriving, its production, sales and profits have increased tremendously as narrated by Beatrice Nyinawomunu, the Manager. From 200 packs a day, the bakery now produces 400 packs of bread, Swiss rolls and donuts that are supplied ...
Food Insecurity in South Sudan, as LWF Seeks More Financial Support for Intervention
27 June 2014
Poor Response to Funding Appeals for Refugees in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda(LWI) - Since the December 2013 outbreak of violence in South Sudan, food insecurity has deteriorated at an alarming rate in the three conflict-affected states of Jonglei, Unity, and ...
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