Eastern Region (Uganda)

A Byrd's eye view: Volunteering in Uganda makes a difference for Oroville woman

OROVILLE, Nov 20, 2009 (Oroville Mercury-Register - Kendra Byrd grew up in Oroville, but 2 1A 1/22 years in Uganda as a Peace Corps volunteer made her appreciate the things most people take for granted -- such as electricity,...

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Twesige Group, Kayunga : Uganda

0 of $4,700 raised. Started raising funds on Nov 21, 2009 John Ntulume is the leader of his lending group in Kayunga. He is 30 years old and married with 3 children aged 10, 4, and 2. He takes care of 3 dependants. All of...

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Uganda: World Food Day Finds Local Women Hungry

When Leya Chedde, of Pallisa, scratched out her name for the first time in an adult literacy class, she took on authorship of her family's future prosperity. For the rural woman, getting an education proved a path to...

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Uganda: Nation Among World's Hunger Prone Countries

In today's world with improved technology that enables breeding of improved and drought resistant seed varieties, there is no reason for anyone to go hungry. Yet more than 1.6 billion people worldwide are hunger stricken. And...

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Nation Among World's Hunger Prone Countries

In today's world with improved technology that enables breeding of improved and drought resistant seed varieties, there is no reason for anyone to go hungry. Yet more than 1.6 billion people worldwide are hunger stricken. And...

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Uganda: CHOGM - MPs Query Sh1.4 Billion Deal for Training Hotel Staff

MPs on the public accounts committee yesterday quizzed officials in the Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry over a contract awarded to a recruitment firm to train hotel staff in the run-up to the Commonwealth summit at a...

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Uganda: Year End Accidents Start

Kampala — On October 26 presidential advisor on Religious Affairs Albert Byaruhanga died when his car knocked two pedestrians at Kyanda on Mubende Mityana road leaving one dead. These three accidents appear to confirm findings...

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Uganda: 3,000 Child Labourers in Mbale District

MBALE district leaders expressed shock and concern after the head of the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) in Uganda revealed that the district had 3,300 child labourers.

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Travellers to Contribute Sh920 Each to Fund Air Safety Agency

Air passengers in East Africa will each be levied $0.7 (about Sh920) to support the Civil Aviation Safety and Security Oversight Agency (Cassoa) finance ministers of the EAC member states approve the proposal.

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Uganda: 150 Girls Defiled in Tororo in October

Kampala — OVER 150 girls were defiled in Tororo district last month. Statistics at Tororo Central Police Station indicated that 58 cases were reported in September and 103 in October this year. The Tororo resident district...

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