Displaced Ugandan familes stumble after UN assistance leaves the region

Ugandan Madi Tribe family of refugees

Alice Klein – WNN MDG Stories (WNN/GDN): UGANDA: After the peace agreement, the process of resettlement began, led by the government through its peace, recovery and development plan (PRDP), launched in 2007 and implemented by the UNHCR. Last month, the UN officially ended its assistance in northern Uganda. Some 247 camps have been closed and, [...]

Former girl child soldiers face hardships with reintegration in Uganda

Drawing by former child soldier Uganda

Beatrice Lamwaka- WNN MDG Stories (WNN) GULU, UGANDA – On Sept. 9, 1990, 21 years ago, rebels from the Lord’s Resistance Army, LRA, abducted Florence Amony from her home in Palenga, a village in northern Uganda, as she slept. She was just 13. The rebels pretended to be government soldiers, and her father easily believed [...]

Uganda: Birth control helps women and environment

Health clinic in Katine, Uganda

With women empowered to plan their pregnancies, the world’s population will grow more slowly, as will carbon emissions WNN MDG Stories We’ve long known that giving women the family planning services they want and need would be a boon for the health of families throughout the world. Today, in every country, far too many go [...]

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