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CRS launches Local Leadership project Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | CRS Uganda has launched a new “Advancing Local Leadership in the Right Way” (ALLRight) project that will strengthen the institutional capacity of Caritas Tororo. The project will turn Caritas Tororo into an effective and recognized leader in emergency response …

Rehabilitation of Community Road Excites Abim Residents Abim, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN |  Residents of Awach Sub County in Abim District are excited over the rehabilitation of Awach- Gangming community road. Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has rehabilitated the Awach- Gangming community access road after 25 years since it …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The US government is providing USD 100,000 (366 million Shillings) to respond to the needs of disaster-affected people in Uganda as a result of extensive flooding and landslides. This is in response to a request for international support by the government of Uganda. The money, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has received more than 20 million doses of Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccine worth USD 14,351,000 (over UGX 53 billion). The vaccines, procured by UNICEF with financial support from Gavi, will vaccinate more than 18 million children aged 9 months to 14 years against Measles …

Catholic Relief Services has worked in Uganda since 1965 in agriculture, microfinance and agriculture sectors, among others. Country Representative, Niek de Goeij, spoke to The Independent’s Isaac Khisa about their efforts to promote ICT for development. First, recently you held a three-day international conference on ICT4D in Kampala. How significance …