FAO and Sweden Sign US$9 Million Project to Address Climate Change Challenges
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... Read More
WFP Cash Brings Flexibility and Agility to Traditional Assistance
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,... Read More
Uganda Pioneers Education Refugee Response Plan
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... Read More
EU Funded Project to Protect Historical Buildings in Uganda Kicks Off
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... Read More
GIZ Opens New Office in Mbale
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... Read More
WHO Lauds Uganda on Ebola Outbreak Operational Readiness
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... Read More
Sweden Through UNFPA Boosts Midwifery Education
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... Read More
FAO Supports Uganda’s Efforts to Fight Fall Armyworm
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... Read More