On October 5, 2018, the UK Minister for Africa, Harriett Baldwin, visited the Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute (URVI) and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Research Unit in Entebbe, hailing the historical and strong collaboration between the UK and Ugandan governments. Established under an agreement between the Ugandan and the British Governments in…
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has signed an agreement with the Government of Sweden represented by the Embassy of Sweden in Uganda to implement a 5 year project to support women in Karamoja and West Nile in addressing climate change challenges and improving household income. The project, “Climate Resilient Livelihood…
In the northwestern corner of Uganda in a refugee settlement called Lobule, Congolese refugee, Manasseh Budili, wakes up before dawn every day to tend to his farm. On this mildly sunny September day, he plants sweet potatoes while his wife, who is expecting their ninth child, heads to the nearby river to wash the family’s…
On September 14, 2018, the Government of Uganda, Partners in Development, UN agencies and NGOs launched a new Plan that if funded will provide quality education for hundreds of thousands of refugee and host community children in Uganda. The Education Response Plan (ERP) is the first of its kind worldwide and represents a huge policy…
Last week of August, an intense 3-day training workshop on documentation of historical buildings was undertaken by the Cross Cultural Foundation of Uganda (CCFU) under the auspices of the European Union (EU). The training represents the first activity of the project in Support of the Protection of Historical Buildings in Kampala, Jinja and Entebbe, financed by…
On August 15, 2018, a new Mbale GIZ office was opened by H.E. Dr. Albrecht Conze, the German Ambassador to Uganda, the District Chairperson (LC5) for Mbale, Hon. Mujasi Bernard, and Mr Thomas Tiedemann, acting Head of Cooperation at the European Union Delegation to Uganda. The new regional cooperation office will mainly focus on strengthening governance and…
The Director General of the World Health Organization Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and the WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti visited Uganda on their way from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to assess the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) response. They were received by the WHO Representative in Uganda, Dr Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam…
The United Nations Population Fund has donated midwifery skills lab equipment to Principal Tutors to twenty Midwifery Training Institutions in Uganda. With support from the Swedish government, the equipment worth USD 151,311 (UGX 552,285,150) is to improve the quality of midwifery education, increase the numbers of competent midwives and thus increase skilled attendance in Uganda.…
In a bid to respond to the Fall Armyworm (FAW) outbreaks and minimize the pest’s destruction of crops, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations working with the Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), have rolled out the use of a mobile phone application – Fall…
The Project for Capacity Development of Local Government for Strengthening Community Resilience in Acholi and West Nile Sub-Regions (WA-CAP) aims at further strengthening planning and implementation capacity of the local government officials in all of the 17 districts in Acholi and West Nile Sub-regions. The project has the component which aims at enhancing livelihood of…
