KAMPALA, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Absa Bank Uganda has today handed over a donation worth UGX100 million to the Uganda Red Cross Society to boost immediate disaster relief to households affected by the Lusanja Kiteezi landfill slide. The funds will go towards strengthening the disaster response by funding the …
Read More »New sanitary pad manufacturing plant set to improve the lives of 50,000 female Ugandans
Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Up to 50,000 Ugandan lives will be significantly improved after the Ugandan Red Cross Society partnered with a UK charitable foundation to build a manufacturing plant for re-usable sanitary pads. Thanks to significant grant funding from the Randal Charitable Foundation the plant in Namakwa, Mukono …
Read More »Red cross introduces cash payment to disaster victims
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 200 flood victims in Namabasa Sub County in Mbale district have received cash donations from Uganda Red Cross Society-URCS to compliment the food and nonfood relief items. The money is being out to the flood victims through mobile money transfers. On Tuesday, URCS …
Read More »Emergency water treatment commences for 1,500 Bundibugyo flood victims
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Red Cross Society-URCS has commenced emergency water treatment Nyalulu river in Bundibugyo district for flood victims as flash flood water contamination persists in 12 sub counties. URCS erected the emergency water treatment plant at Nyauka bridge on Nyalulu river course, some 10 kilometers …
Read More »Uganda Red Cross resumes operations in Luweero
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Red Cross Society-URCS has resumed operations in Luweero and Nakaseke districts exciting members of the community. URCS suspended operations in Luweero in 2015 after their staff and volunteers abandoned work over lack of funds. The Society’s Office located in Kasana market zone …
Read More »Uganda Red Cross Society equips MV Kalangala Ship with first aid supplies
By Julius Odeke The Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) has equipped MV Kalangala ship with first aid supplies to enable the operators attend to any minor injuries and ailment of passengers on board. MV Kalangala operates on Lake Victoria from Nakiwogo in Entebbe and docks at Lutokoba in Kalangala. Through …
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