Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Findings of a new study by researchers at Makerere University School of Public Health shows high levels of vaccine wastage in both rural and urban health facilities in Uganda. The research was conducted in Mukono and Kalungu districts where the scientists assessed wastage rates …
Read More »Kansai Plascon donates sh25 million in paint to Naguru Reception Centre
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kansai Plascon Uganda has donated sh25 million worth of paint to the Naguru Reception Centre, a government institution housing and rehabilitating vulnerable children. The donation, made in partnership with the Rotary Club of Kololo, will facilitate the refurbishment of the center, creating a more …
Read More »6 children dead after eating suspected poisonous mushroom
Kotido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least six children have been confirmed dead, and several others hospitalized after allegedly consuming suspected poisonous mushrooms in Naputir Village, Loletio Sub County, Kotido District. The victims, mostly aged between three and eight years, are believed to have eaten wild mushrooms while unsupervised. …
Read More »War shatters hopes, dreams of Sudanese children
Khartoum, South Sudan | Xinhua | Thirteen-year-old Muayad Kamel weaves through the central market in southern Khartoum, clutching a small plastic box filled with rosaries, tissues, and masaweek — teeth-cleaning twigs. Each step reflects a burden far too heavy for someone his age. The market, centered around a once-bustling bus …
Read More »Namugongo security team reunites pilgrims with lost phones, children
Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | By 11 a.m. this morning, the security team at the Namugongo Catholic Martyrs’ Shrines had recovered 11 mobile phones misplaced by pilgrims, according to Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Achilles Atwebembere, the Kira Division Police Community Liaison Officer. Atwebembere said many pilgrims forget their …
Read More »Karamoja battling surge in severe malnutrition in children
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities at Moroto Regional Referral Hospital have raised concern over a surge in cases o severe acute malnutrition among children across the Karamoja sub-region. According to a hospital report, severe acute malnutrition has increased by 12.5% in the last 10 months. The hospital has treated …
Read More »Raising Children of Character: How to build lasting family-value culture
COMMENT | CONSTANCE KICONCO | Last week’s parenting article “Uganda’s Entitled Generation” led to deep conversations and a Zoom session with the Rotary Club family here in Kampala. One big question stood out: “How do we build a lasting family culture that shapes our children’s values in today’s noisy world?” If …
Read More »How Art is healing the minds of children with sickle cell in Gulu
GULU, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Behind the Sickle Cell Clinic at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital, the tables are alive with colored drawings of parents with their kids, smiling suns, green-haired ladies, and the sick on hospital beds. For an 11-year-old George Opiro* (not real name) whose mother asked that …
Read More »UNICEF: Violence in Libya’s Tripoli threatens nearly half a million children
TRIPOLI | Xinhua) | The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said the escalating violence in and around the Libyan capital Tripoli over the past two days threatens to impact nearly half a million children. “UNICEF has received reports that children, families, and medical staff were stranded in hospitals …
Read More »COMMENT: Uganda’s entitled generation
A Generation that refuses responsibility COMMENT | CONSTANCE KICONCO | There’s a new sound in the air — loud, frustrated, and painfully consistent. It’s the voice of a generation that believes they’re owed everything, yet rarely stop to ask themselves what they owe in return. There’s a growing noise in …
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