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Personal Stories
Creating awareness on SGBV – Success story of survivors
My name is Nabwire Sanyu. My colleague is Naigaga Nubuwati. We reside in Buhemba village, Namayingo district. We work as focal point persons here at the advisory center in Buhemba sub-county. We support in making referrals, creating awareness on SGBV, handling simple domestic violence cases and so on. Heroes for Gender Transformative action found us in a very bad place. Wives were being mistreated, children were not going to school and their parents were not bothered. When the programme came, it supported us in creating awareness for these issues and through the differ
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Amuru district is located in Northern Uganda and it is 2851.65squar kilometer long, with 13 sub counties and 203 villages. Its estimated population 186,696 (2014 national and housing census report)
A newly construct five stance modern latrine with a wash room to facilitate girls bathing and changing of their sanitary towels.
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Personal Stories
Equitable access to WASH, the potential silver bullet to UHC
The SDG, to which Uganda is signatory aims to achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water, end open defecation and provide adequate and equitable access to sanitation and hygiene for all by 2030.
However, it is 2023 and 13.8 million Ugandans still share latrines and 3.2 million (nearly a tenth of the population) still defecate in the open. Only 35.8% of Ugandans in the rural setting and 53.4% in the urban setting practice hand washing at critical times. It is no wonder that
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News, Personal Stories
Amref Health Africa Commended for Supplementing Government’s Effort in the Fight against Obstetric Fistula in Uganda
Arua,
Amref Health Africa in Uganda has been commended for supplementing the Government of Uganda’s effort in the struggle to end Obstetric Fistula.
The messages about obstetric fistula were passed to the public during this year’s National Fistula day held on Friday, 27th May 2022at Zombo Lower Primary school in Zombo district.
Zombo was chosen to host the event because it is among the distri
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Rekindled dream: Amref Health Africa boosts Refugees and Host communities with Resilience and Self -Reliance skills
With a long history of hosting refugees and asylum seekers since 1959, Uganda is currently Africa’s largest refugee hosting country with a diverse refugee population of over 1,500,000 million that covers about 10 nationalities. In 2006, the Parliament of Uganda passed the Refugee Act 2006, followed by its 2010 Regulations. Consistent with the Refugee convention and protocol, Uganda’s legal framework avails refugees access to key rights and social services on par with nationals including unrestricted access to land, markets, health and education services.
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Personal Stories
Lamunu Grace: Amref supported water, sanitation and hygiene initiatives transform people’s lives in Luyaguma village, Lamogi sub county
Lamunu Grace, 48 years old, is not only a resident of Luyaguma village but she is also the treasurer of her village Water User Committee. She is an active community member involved in the implementation of the Piwa Maleng Project in her community. She was happy to share her experience on how the project has transformed people’s lives through improved access to safe water, sanitation. and hygiene education.
“In Luyaguma village, Amref under the Piwa Maleng project rehabilitated our village borehole, this has saved
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Meet Atim Margaret: Water User Committee member, promoting community ownership and management of Odur village borehole
Atim Margret, 58 years old, has lived in Odur village since 1978. This gives her the audacity to talk about how having a functional water source in Odur village transforms lives for all village residents.
“The first borehole in the village was constructed in 2009, but it faced frequent break downs until it reached a time when we could not have enough money to repair it. When the borehole breaks down our only water source is an unprotected spring well down the swamp. Water from the well is never safe for
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Dr. Patrick Kagurusi-Emergency Obstetric Care Should Shift to Lower Cadres
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“The Pride of Serving Communities” “Toilet My Job”
My name is Valentino Ngabirano I am 26 year old. I am a youth who has sought for ways to make my life bette rand now I am a self-motivated mansion.
I am also a youth leader in my community of Masaka ward, Kamwenge Town Council Kamwenge District. As a young man I took on responsibilities to support and care for 2 cousins brothers.
I am among theyouth who were introduced to the FINISH Mondail Program in my distric
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Knowledge is power: Amref Health Africa skilling communities on healthy living through a training package of Life saving skills for infants and Young Children
Pneumonia, malaria, diarrhea, HIV and AIDS, malnutrition are the leading causes of mortality among children under five years. 45% of the deaths worldwide among children under the age of 5 years are linked to undernutrition and these mostly occur in low and middle-income countries. Undernutrition makes children much more vulnerable to disease and death (WHO, 2021).
A study conducted in December 2020 in Ugandan refugee settlements and Kampala found that 74.4% of children had been initiated to breastfeeding within 1 hou
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