Action Against Hunger aims to empower women in Northern Uganda using a two pronged strategy; a) cash transfers, skills training and VSLAs for income generating activities, and b) interventions to...
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Uganda: Cash Grants to strengthen returnee livelihoods
In support of the return and recovery effort of formerly war affected populations, ACF implemented a cash-based intervention in Otuke District of Northern Uganda. This programme assisted internally...
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South Sudanese refugee educators lead the way on good hygiene
In Uganda’s Bidibidi settlement, community hygiene promoters teach their neighbors healthy habits by Radhika Shah A resurgence of violent conflict in South Sudan has forced a new wave of refugees to...
Link NCA Nutrition Casual Analysis: Moroto district, Karamoja region, Uganda (February – July 2016)
Executive summary Overview Moroto district is one of the 7 districts in the Karamoja region of North Eastern Uganda. The district is located in Karamoja region of Uganda. It borders Napak in the...
Through Innovative Program, Women Vow to Eradicate Gender-Based Violence in Uganda
Our teams support groups of women in Uganda to put an end to gender-based violence by Camille Guyot-Bender Since the early 1990s, northern Uganda has been victim to one of Africa’s longest running...
Boots on the Ground: Combating Malnutrition in Karamoja, Uganda
Action Against Hunger partners with UNICEF and ECHO to tackle acute malnutrition in northeastern Uganda. The Karamoja region of Uganda suffers from persistently high rates of childhood malnutrition...
Empowering Women for Uganda’s Long-Term Health & Well-Being
Action Against Hunger’s food security & livelihood programs help women overcome decades of civil war and domestic abuse Thousands of families across northern Uganda are slowly rebuilding their lives...
Uganda - Against All Odds: Baby Monday's Story
In rural Uganda, Action Against Hunger provides care for the most vulnerable Nurses at the therapeutic Stabilization Center in the Kaabong Referral Hospital call him "the miracle baby." In the...
Uganda: The 200 Mile House
Not just for drinking: water programs in northern Uganda help communities rebuild In rural areas of northern Uganda, most homes are made of mud bricks, and without water nearby, people have to travel...
Rebuilding Lives after the War in Northern Uganda
Action Against Hunger is helping restore stability to the lives of thousands of Ugandans returning to their communities for the first time in decades. After years of providing assistance in camps for...
Uganda: Clean Communities, Healthier Lives
Hygiene and sanitation training transforms Sam's family in northern Uganda Action Against Hunger is training community members across northern Uganda in good hygiene and sanitation practices to make...
Uganda: New Wells Bring New Trade
Clean water creates unexpected benefits in northern Ugandan community Wells not only bring potable water and improved hygiene and sanitation, but also the chance for more trade and a better life. One...
Uganda: Combating Malnutrition in Rural Communities
Esther Wamono, a Nutrition Surveillance Officer, joined Action Against Hunger in the Karamoja region of northeastern Uganda in November. Determined to make a difference in her native country, Esther...
Uganda: On the front lines of malnutrition
Meet the man in charge of ACF's brand-new Stabilization Center in northern Uganda Samuel Mbuto, a trained Clinical Officer and graduate of Mbale Medical School in Uganda, joined Action Against Hunger...
Uganda: Breaking the cycle of hunger
Lomuria is a 16 month-old girl from Karamoja, Uganda. Her parents, Mogole Maria and Lotonkul John, used to tend cattle, which provided the family with a steady source of milk, meat, and income. But...
When drilling makes all the difference: Boreholes provide clean water in Uganda
How a new borehole transformed a village in northern Uganda As security has gradually begun to improve over the past year, the context in northern Uganda has changed dramatically. Families have begun...
Hygiene Promotion: A view from Uganda
ACF-Uganda, courtesy E. Rheinstein. An up close look at Action Against Hunger's hygiene promotion programs Mrs. Oyella Santa, a mother of a household with 10 members, lives in Owak village in Amuru...
Uganda: Providing clean, safe water to millions of families: voices from the field
Two field perspectives from ACF's programs in Northern Uganda The human body can only last a few days without water-it's essential for proper health and facilitates a range of life-sustaining...
Uganda: A retail market solves a relief dilemma
Action Against Hunger's innovative "seeds fair" proves successful in Uganda By Henry Weil, ACF Editor Here's an agricultural dilemma: When farmers produce seeds for themselves and their community,...
Nutrition survey in IDP camps, Gulu District, Northern Uganda
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Objectives To evaluate malnutrition rates in children 6-59 months. To estimate the malnutrition in infants below 6 months. To evaluate the mortality rate for the total population...