COMMENT | DR RAYMOND MGENI | One of the biggest challenges developing countries face, is a a poor reading culture among her youth. As there is as a famous phrase, “You can hide wealth in books and people will not be aware of it”. The failure to read, or share …
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Poverty indicator ➡SELECT COUNTRIES ➡ ✳ Botswana 🇧🇼 48.3 | ✳ DRC 🇨🇩 86.0 | ✳ Australia 🇦🇺 8.6| ✳ Ethiopia 🇪🇹 90.3 | ✳ Uganda 🇺🇬 82.8 | ✳ South Africa 🇿🇦 79.8 | ✳ UK 🇬🇧 3.4 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Bank has today in Kampala released a report detailing what it will take …
Read More »Two events, lots of smiles as Uganda marks World Read Aloud Day
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two events, lots of smiles in Kampala, Uganda this week as Assist Community Initiatives (ACI) commemorated the 10th anniversary of the World Read Aloud Day. The aim of the celebration was to promote literacy, the reading culture among children and advocate for reading as a …
Read More »PICTORIAL: World Read Aloud Day excites children with cancer in Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The message was clear, for those reading and listening. The kids suffering from cancer at Uganda’s Mulago Hospital are battling adversity, but are no less children. By the children reading out to the guests extracts from the Tesa and Luuka comic book series …
Read More »Uganda to mark World Read Aloud Day
✅ Tuesday 9-12pm Cancer Institute ✅ Thursday 10-12pm Soo Many Stories Children’s Library Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Assist Community Initiatives Uganda (ACI) will this week join LitWorld to celebrate the World Read Aloud Day 2019 with two events in Kampala. The aim of the celebration is to promote literacy and the …
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