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Merchandise Store comes online!
We know you’ve been dying to get your very own mug, shirt or bag with Hands Across Nations Logo on it! Well…now you’re in luck! Each purchase goes to helping the people of Uganda rebuild, whether it’s learning how to sew, purchasing seed for farming, or helping fund a protected spring. You can wear your [...]
Hello again from the future bread basket of Africa! (04/29/2009)
Hello again from the future bread basket of Africa!
The Community Churches for Christ in N. Uganda send their greetings, love and prayers to all of you. We continue to see and experience how the love of God knits us together and that the differences of culture, skin color, status, or financial condition do not divide [...]
Hello again from half-way around the world in N. Uganda! (04/12/2009)
God’s provision for people here is their fertile land. Even the poorest people in the villages have land and yet because they don’t know how to use it effectively, they remain in poverty. Giving them a vision of orchards, bee hives producing honey, and high yield cash crops has inspired them to work hard for [...]
Hello once again from beautiful fertile Uganda (04/06/2009)
In the last newsletter, I hinted about a project which just seemed to arrive suddenly with little pre-planning– a gift from God through connections from opposite sides of the globe. Matt McLain, a high school English teacher in Chewelah, WA, had graciously allowed me to present a program about Hands Across Nations work in N. [...]
Hello again from not so sunny and wonderfully cooler Northern Uganda! (04/02/2009)
It seems that the dry season officially ended this week with a downpour during the time that 2 Ugandan Rotary Club members and I were traveling to some of the new or never viewed Spring Protection projects in the area. For those who have no idea what a Spring Protection Project is, I’ll give you [...]
Hello again from sunny, fertile Northern Uganda! (03/26/2009)
The people in the villages of N. Uganda send their gratitude and prayers for your care and help in lifting them out of their poverty. Everywhere I go, the words “Apwoyo Matek and Obanga mii gum” {Thank you very much, God Bless You}, are on the lips of people God is blessing through your generosity. [...]
Greetings from HOT Northern Uganda! (03/12/2009)
What a joyful reunion we’ve had this week. Reconnecting with Felix and Esther Omodi, Dr Opio and his wife, Semmy, and many others, has been something of a family reunion, the joining of brothers and sisters in God’s family. There’s nothing else to explain such a heart connection for people of such different cultures and [...]
I arrived in Uganda (03/06/2009)
Hello to all of you from sunny and HOT Uganda!
As I embark on this Ugandan adventure, it is with a great appreciation for all the people who gave of themselves in quilt making, donations of medical supplies, designing leaflets, fundraising, encouragement and prayer. More than ever before, even though I’ve traveled alone this time, there [...]
Uganda’s foreign debt grows to Shs 3 trillion
Yasiin Mugerwa
A nearly 30 per cent increase in Uganda’s external debt in one year has forced Parliament to demand that the government stops what it has described as reckless borrowing.
Verified figures from the latest Bank of Uganda’s annual report for 2008 to Parliament show that the total foreign debt stock has increased from $1.47 [...]
Why oil revenues could spell doom for Uganda
By Frank Tumusiime
Commercial reserves of oil have been discovered in Uganda and early production is slated to start around June 2009. Oil revenues may lead to employment, infrastructural development and improve people’s standards of living, as is the case with countries such as Norway and Indonesia.
On the other hand, experiences from country to country demonstrate [...]
Uganda misses another Global Fund share
By Vision Reporter
UGANDA has missed having a share of the $2.75b (about sh5.1trillion) Global Fund that has been approved under Round 8.
The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on Monday announced that it had approved 94 new grants of $2.75b, over two years. “Uganda did not apply for Round 8, because of the [...]
Uganda Government News: UN says women vital to peace in post-conflict zones
Ultimate Media
A senior UN official has indicated that a comprehensive and sustainable peace is not possible in post-conflict situations unless women’s security and participation is a primary objective in conflict resolution.
The Executive Director of the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Inés Alberdi told the United Nations Security Council in New York yesterday that Gender [...]
Uganda loses HIV funding over fears of misuse
Annie Kelly
guardian.co.uk,
Thursday October 30 2008 11.50 GMT
Uganda has lost 25bn Ugandan shillings ($12m) of Global Fund money due to concerns over poor accountability, according to reports this week.
The Global Fund has refused to release a second $10m instalment from the $36m pot it allocated for HIV/Aids activities in Uganda in 2003 because it was not [...]
Zain Uganda introduces unlimited calls at peak hours
By Edris Kisambira , IDG News Service , 10/29/2008
Just as mobile users thought that their providers had outdone each other in terms of pricing, Zain Uganda has come to the market with something totally new.
Zain’s Unlimited Calls offers customers free in-network calling every day between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Read the latest WhitePaper – A [...]
Situation In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo
The World Health Organization (WHO) is closely monitoring the escalating situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo near Goma, where violence in recent months has displaced an estimated 200 000 people.
Hundreds of people have been fleeing insecurity in recent days, including into neighbouring Uganda and Sudan.
Beyond conflict-linked health concerns, other risks include confirmed cases [...]
September 3rd Update
August 30, 2008
Yesterday, we visited Alito. Actually, we were in the county of Alito, in a tiny village called Alit, where H.A.N. has helped to beginning building a church/community center, and another women’s farming group received a pair of oxen to work their land. The people were overjoyed to see Carolyn again, and we were [...]
Education crisis in northern Uganda
Region struggles to rebuild school system after two decades of war.
By Patrick Okino and Bill Oketch in northern Uganda Lira (AR No. 184, 01-Sep-08)
Many people blame the education crisis in northern Uganda on the 20 year war with Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army. A least 30% of school-age children in the north are not [...]
H.A.N. on www.current.com
Ugandan orphan choir robbed while touring in Chicago
A group of Ugandan children, while touring the United States to raise money to build an orphanage back home, had their van broken into while in Chicago. Even with most of their personal belongings stolen, including pictures of their family members they lost to AIDS, the young children are not angry. One young orphan has this to [...]
August 28th Update
Hi Everyone,
Thanks for joining us on this continuing adventure in N. Uganda……
August 28th
Yesterday we rode with Felix to Pader, a district north of Lira that has, until just recently, been
considered very dangerous. This was the first time Carolyn has been able to travel this far north
to see the projects that Felix and MTI are running [...]
August 26th Update
Hello everyone,
Livia and I have taken turns writing so you will find each of us speaking in different parts of
it.
August 25, 2008
Village Crop-Planting Project
Early this morning, our team set out for an oxen-buying adventure at the Alito market. Held only once a week, this market had an enormous variety of produce, products, and animals for [...]
Visit to Dr. Opio
Beautiful sunshine is reliable here – lots of it daily – though electricity, cell phone service and the internet are quite iffy. Cool mornings give way to the heat of the day where no one moves very fast, ending with the evening glow as the heat ebbs and the mosquitos come out to prey.
Friday the [...]
Pictures from 2nd Post
Hello from the “Pearl of Africa” Uganda!
What a surprise to arrive at the Entebbe airport in Uganda last night, to find a completely remodeled facility, a project completed for the visit of the Commonwealth Heads of State in November 2007. No more deplaning onto the tarmac, thankfully since there were swarms of “lake flies” at the time of our arrival. Instead [...]
Kony to Resume Peace Talks
Joseph Kony
Rebel leader ready for resumption of peace talks: UN envoy
2 hours ago
KAMPALA (AFP) — Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony wants to resume talks with the government to end a drawn-out conflict in northern Uganda, an aide to the top UN envoy said Monday.
Kony, whose Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has been fighting the government of [...]
The Wretched Women of the Aids Struggle
The Monitor (Kampala)
NEWS
4 August 2008
Posted to the web 4 August 2008
By Jane Nafula
Ms Ann Asokot, of Gogonyo village in Pallisa District thought that by revealing her HIV status to her husband, she would be supported. Little did she know that this was the beginning of a violent relationship and stigma.
Ms Asokot was among participants at [...]
HIV Spread Still High Despite Fall in Infection
HIV Spread Still High Despite Fall in Infection
The Monitor (Kampala)
2 August 2008
Posted to the web 4 August 2008
By Evelyn Lirri
Uganda is one of the countries where a significant prevention of new infections of HIV has been registered, the latest report by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV indicates.
The report released on July 29 says [...]
War Dance Movie Trailer
The movie trailer done by Th!nkFilm about the power of music in ehlping to overcome the death and destruction faced on a daily basis in Northern Uganda.
Invisible Children
This is the trailer video for Invisible Children, which shows some of the attrocities that are happening to the youth in Northern Uganda.
Mobile Internet Grows in Uganda
By Edris Kisambira , IDG News Service , 07/28/2008
The Internet landscape in Uganda is gradually shifting from traditional fixed access to mobile wireless access, a top Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) official said.
Quoting figures from a quarterly report that is yet to be released, Fred Otunnu, the UCC’s communications and consumer affairs manager, said the shift [...]
LRA Wants Uganda Army out of Sudan
Tuesday, 29th July, 2008
By Barbara Among
THE Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) have again demanded the withdrawal of the Ugandan army from southern Sudan.
In a letter to the chief mediator, Riek Machar, copied to UN envoy Joachim Chissano, the rebels said they backed the call made by Machar last month for the UPDF to leave Sudanese territory.
“The [...]
Fearful homecomings in Uganda
Posted on Mon, Jul. 28, 2008 10:15 PM
By STEPHANIE McCRUMMEN
The Washington Post
OCULOKORI, Uganda | He had escaped alone, running for his life, leaving behind seven years of captivity in one of Africa’s most sadistic rebel groups, the Lord’s Resistance Army.
But of all the horrors Samuel Ogwal endured – being forced to teach children to kill [...]
Drought Grips Uganda
Drought grips a large part of Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda
10 hours ago
ROME — A UN food agency says a poor rainy season has damaged crops in large parts of Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda.
The Food and Agriculture Organization says although rains increased at the end of the important March-May season, the harvest of the [...]
UN sends report on peace talks to Security Council
UN chief sends report on Uganda peace talks to Security Council
www.chinaview.cn 2008-07-10 09:59:03
UNITED NATIONS, July 9 (Xinhua) — UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has sent a report from the chief mediator between the government of Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) [...]
UN relocates Sudan staff to Uganda
UN relocates Sudan staff to Uganda
Tuesday, 15th July, 2008
By Barbara Among
and agencies
A total of 2,500 United Nations (UN) non-essential staff in Sudan are being evacuated to Uganda despite assurances from Khartoum that it would protect peacekeepers and humanitarian workers.
The first 100 workers arrived in Entebbe last night as Islamist protesters rallied behind Sudanese President Omar [...]