Written by Catherine Ntabadde Makumbi
Friday, 10 May 2013 09:28

The Danish Embassy, Strides for Family Health, Danish Red Cross have contributed towards Uganda Red Cross Society sh1.8bn appeal to assist 18, 000 people affected by floods in Kasese. The actual number of those affected is 25, 445 people, according to URCS assessments.

Written by Catherine Ntabadde Makumbi

The Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) is seeking for sh1.8b to provide emergency assistance to people affected by floods in Kasese District. The appeal is targeting 18,000 people (3, 000 households). URCS actual assessements put the number of people affected to 19, 161 people.

The funds will cater for provision of shelter like tarpaulins and construction kits, essential household items (cups, plates, jerrycans, mosquito nets, laundry soap, blankets, saucepans, buckets), reviving livelihoods through provision of seeds and tool kits.

Written by Catherine Ntabadde Makumbi Friday, 03 May 2013 05:03

When many men are asked to accompany their expectant wives for antenatal care, the question they raise is whether they are also pregnant. Indeed this was testified by Christine Aryemo, a nurse midwife at Kaladima Health Centre III in Amuru district who said most men are reluctant to come for antenatal visits with their wives.

Written by Catherine Ntabadde Makumbi

Landslides and flooding are always common in Kisoro district. The district has 2 main seasons; dry season and wet season. The wet season is longer than the dry season. From 19th to 20th March 2013, heavy rains affected the livelihoods in the sub counties of Kanaba and Busanza.

Written by Catherine Ntabadde Makumbi

On 17th March, there was a heavy storm along Lake Albert in Kanara Town Council, Ntoroko District. Three people are confirmed dead. According to Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) Bundibugyo Branch Manager Ronald Arinaitwe two people died while on the shores of Lake Albert while one person died in a canoe fishing.

The URCS assessments indicate that 239 households were destroyed by the hailstorms.

Written by Catherine Ntabadde Makumbi

70% of the 4, 000 Congolese refugees that crossed into the country on February 28, have returned home.

Uganda Red Cross Society Assistant Director Emergency Preparedness and Response Kevin Busiima says URCS in Kisoro working with UNHCR has registered 1, 106 of the new refugees. These accepted to join Nyakabande Transit Camp in Kisoro.

The camp was set up by Office of Prime Minister to temporarily host Congolese refugees before they are re-settled in a settlement. Busiima says Nyakabande camp currently has 4, 058

By Denis Amadro Acidiri-URCS Nebbi Branch Manager

A two year old who was admitted on January 29th and diagnosed with cholera has been discharged.

Dei parish remains at high risk with the epidemic. Uganda Red Cross Society Nebbi Branch is continuing with social mobilization in the communities together with the district authorities to control the epidemic.

By Gideon Kipurah - Focal Person URCS Bundibugyo

The Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) has distributed essential household items to 312 households displaced by floods in Ntoroko District, Western Uganda.

The distribution conducted over the weekend through URCS Bundibugyo branch followed a vulnerability capacity assessment in the affected sub counties of Butungama and Bweramule.

The items included tarpaulins, cups, plates, blankets, saucepans and soap. To reduce contamination of drinking water, the affected families were also given water purification tablets.

By Charles Kiwalazi-Project Engineer

Uganda Red Cross Society recently launched a two year project aimed at reducing diarrhoea risks in Eastern Uganda. Diarrhoea is the one of the main causes of mortality among children under the age of five years.

The project, funded by Belgian Red Cross is to be implemented in Luuka, Bugiri and Namayingo Districts. The project is designed to achieve significant improvements in safe water use, sanitation and hygiene, living conditions in the diarrhoea prone region.