In Uganda, children below five years are the most affected with malaria. According to the Ugandan Ministry of Health, currently 90% of 100,000 recorded malaria deaths are children, especially from rural areas. The majority of rural communities do not have access to treated mosquito nets, and do not have access to preventive measures. The government […]
Enterprise Category: Community
Totya Platform
The Social Problem In Uganda 78% of the primary school children and 82% of the secondary school students report having experienced sexual abuse at school (UNICEF 2013). According to the Annual Crime Report (2013) of the Uganda Police Force, close to 10,000 cases of defilement were reported in 2013, making it the second leading crime […]
Tusafishe
In a country where keeping drinking water clean or even getting clean water in the first place is difficult, there are few communities that don’t face preventable illnesses like typhoid that come from these sources of water. Even pipes are not always safe. Traditionally, people then try and boil their water, which consumes a lot […]
Kyaffe – Farmers Coffee
Elizabeth Nalugemwa grew up on a coffee plantation in central Uganda in a place called Masaka. Her mother was a smallholder coffee farmer. Her efforts to generate an income for our family were deemed a threat by my father and that led to domestic violence and their eventual separation. Elizabeth witnessed her mother end up […]