Ending child marriage today could generate $3 billion per year for Uganda by 2030, says a new report published by the World Bank. In contrast, the perpetuation of child marriage would lead to lower educational attainment for girls and their children, higher population growth, substantial health risks, higher intimate partner violence, and lower earnings for…
View detailsOn December 1, 2017, the Danish Ambassador to Uganda, H.E. Mogens Pedersen, and the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Hon. Matia Kasaija, signed a five-year partnership agreement for 2018-2022. Denmark has committed DKK945 million ($150 million) in support of Uganda’s National Development Plan to the benefit of the Ugandan people. The partnership has three…
View detailsOn December 1, 2017, the Head of the European Union Delegation to Uganda, H.E. Ambassador Attilio Pacifici, and Hon. Matia Kasaija, Minister for Finance, Planning and Economic Development, signed the Financing Agreement for a Sector Reform and Performance Contract (SRPC). The Agreement draws EUR 66 million in grant from the 11th European Development Fund, in…
View detailsThe Government of Uganda and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have kick-started the new project on ‘building community resilience, wetlands ecosystems and associated catchments in Uganda.’ The new project which is Uganda’s first Green Climate Fund financed initiative is a response to the Presidential Initiative on Wetlands The project inception meeting held on today –…
View detailsThe Government of Uganda has launched a new Green Growth Development Strategy to guide its development. The strategy serves as the blue print towards a socially and economically inclusive development pathway for Uganda as it endeavors to reach middle income status. “This Green Growth Development strategy will be very instrumental in directing Uganda to achieve…
View detailsThe U.S. Mission to Uganda is pleased to present the first-ever Report to the Ugandan People, a summary of some of the most important U.S. assistance programs in Uganda during the last year. The stories contained in this Report highlight the many successes of Ugandans across the country and demonstrate the strength and value of…
View detailsThe World Bank invites young Ugandans to share thoughts on what it will take to end Gender Based Violence (GBV) in Uganda. First price is a trip to Washington, D.C. in April 2018. According to the World Health Organization, GBV is a global epidemic affecting more than one in three women worldwide – at a huge cost to individuals,…
View detailsThe World Health Organization (WHO) has donated 10 motorcycles to Uganda’s Ministry of Health to enhance Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) contact tracing, active case search as well as disease and death surveillance in Kween and Kapchorwa districts. The motorcycles worth USD 32,000 will eventually be used to strengthen the community disease surveillance system in the…
View detailsUNCDF is working with PEAS schools to explore ways on how digital financial services can make it easier to pay school fees and increase school attendance. Godson Kayiza, a farmer in Kira, Uganda has four school-going children, two of whom are in secondary school. One of these, his daughter, goes to the Kira View secondary…
View detailsGetIN, an online platform for health care providers to strengthen the linkage between health care providers and young pregnant women to provide timely and quality maternal health care, was launched in Kanungu district, Western Uganda on 1st November, 2017. The rollout of GetIN mobile application is a part of UNFPA’s 15 years of continuous efforts…
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