AWARE Uganda
AWARE-Uganda is based in Kaabong, on the border of South Sudan - a semi-desert, impoverished, remote warrior region. Life in Kaabong is a constant struggle, especially for the women.
URICT Uganda
Uganda Rural Information and Communication Technology/Education Center implements community-based projects in the Busoga region of Eastern Uganda. Girls start giving birth as early as the age of 14, and men marry 3-10 women on average....
Grassroots News - Uganda
Farming for Food Security at Joy Orphanage in Rural Uganda
The fund for the farming project was received in January, 2015 from an organization named Emerge Poverty Free. The farm utilizes 220 acres of land and is currently growing vegetables, fruit, beans, groundnuts and grain. There are also animals like chicken,…
It Takes a Village to Raise a Child
With help from friends and well wishers, URICT worked to improve home health care by focusing on grandmothers. URICT worked with grandmothers to identify the information gap about basic health care, as well as a desire to gain more knowledge about first aid…
Tackling Patriarchy, Polygamy, Poverty and Guns in Kaabong
In partnership with Rafiki Theatre Group, we carried out GBV and HIV/AIDS drama, training and capacity building of military personnel and their families and local communities in rural Kaabong and Kotido Township on gender-based violence, human rights and…
Jewelry-making from recycled materials - empowering grassroots women
'I have been able to gain some independence; the three youngest of my grandchildren are now attending a boarding school at Namisambya and as old as I look, I always pay their school fees on time with little trouble. These things have changed the way I used to…
Kaabong Women: Tackling Climate Extremes, Poverty & Hardship
A combination of severe flooding and drought destroyed crops and infrastructure, with fatal consequencies. Well-wishers contributed to help fund the women to fight hunger, via the Safe World Kaabong Crisis Appeal...
Famine Crisis in Kaabong - Working to Prevent Starvation
"We buried four members last week" - Grace Loumo told Safe World founder, Chris Crowstaff in a phone call. AWARE Uganda, Safe World Field Partner in Uganda, is struggling to feed their members, amidst famine caused by climatic extremes.
First Lady of Uganda Rewards Kaabong Women With Tractor!
The First Lady of Uganda has awarded AWARE Uganda, in Kaabong, with a brand new tractor in recognition of hard work and dedication in providing for the rural community.
This tractor has especially helped with our agricultural endeavors and the will to…
Karamoja: Impact of Climate Change on Grassroots Women and Call for Action
Women are not helpless victims, they are powerful agents of change and their leadership is critical. A gender equality pespective is essential when discussing policy development, decision-making, and strategies to mitigation and adaptation...
From Kaabong, to Washington DC, to Rural England - and Back
Grace Loumo - founder of AWARE Uganda, has been travelling oversees, to help the women and children of Kaabong, in a remote region of Karamoja on the border of Sudan...
Uganda's Rural Women: 50 Years On
The low social status of rural and urban Uganda women makes them vulnerable to violence and sexual harassment. This – along with female circumcision, wife inheritance, despite international declarations and conventions – makes the prospects of a time that…
Connecting Kids from African and English Farming Communities
Both schools are in small communities in rural, cattle-farming districts. I told the children in south-west England about my visit to the school in north-east Uganda, and brought along letters from their new friends.
Uganda: Women and Children Vulnerable to Effects of Climate Change
A recent flood in a rural warrior region of Karamoja, Uganda, saw many women and children tragically drown while trying to cross a river in search of food. A few months later, a wildfire swept through Karamoja destroying over 50 homes, leaving families…