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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Ugandan HIV Rates Increase
HIV has featured highly in the local and national news in Uganda this week. This comes as the Ministry of Health announced that the HIV infection rate in the country has risen to 6.7%. This equates to approximately 2.3 million … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Drop in Centre, East Africa, Education, Healthcare, HIV, Kakira, malaria
Tagged children on the street, drop in centre, East Africa, education, HIV, salve, uganda
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The Beautiful Game
Love it or hate it, there is no denying that football is a powerful game. It is recognized by many as speaking a universal language to players and spectators alike and is used as a tool to overcome boundaries and … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Drop in Centre, East Africa, Education, Sport
Tagged children on the street, drop in centre, East Africa, education, football, salve international, uganda
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Did you get a public holiday to celebrate women?
International Women’s Day This week Amy and I were bemused to find out that we had an extra day off: to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD). What was funnier, though, was that the Ugandan people we spoke to were equally … Continue reading
Posted in East Africa, Education, Healthcare, Women
Tagged East Africa, education, international women's day, kampala, salve international, uganda, womens empowerment
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Kony2012 – Love it or hate it – join the conversation
The new campaign and video from Invisible Children ‘Kony2012′ has suddenly gone viral and ended up everywhere in social media land. Uganda is suddenly a country trending on twitter and getting a huge amount of interest – Will this have … Continue reading
Posted in Children, East Africa
Tagged Child sacrifice, Child soliders, Child warfare, Kony, Kony2012, Lords Resistance Army, uganda
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To kill a nightingale – or a free education system?
This week has been one of new beginnings for many of the S.A.L.V.E family. Whilst Amy and I have been (at times frantically) finding our feet after the departure of the last amazing UK intern, Ben, two of the new … Continue reading
Posted in Children, East Africa, Education, sponsorship
Tagged East Africa, education, jinja, salve international, uganda children
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