Category Archives: Kakira

Ugandan HIV Rates Increase

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

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 →

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A Recipe for Recycling … Ugandan style!

Posted on November 27, 2011 by

1. Take 15 women from Kakira village (a poor sugarcane farming area), mix well so they get to know each other (and play some silly games in the process). 2. Begin to tear up old paper into basins. Remember to … Continue reading →

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Health, hospitals, needles that break and texts that save lives …

Posted on November 7, 2011 by

Healthcare Alongside access to education, one of the biggest challenges facing people in Uganda is access to affordable, effective healthcare. In Uganda the government has talked of implementing a system of free healthcare, with a health centre in every district. … Continue reading →

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S.A.L.V.E. is a rollercoaster

Posted on September 25, 2011 by

This week has seen a lot of progress for S.A.L.V.E.’s Community Education programmes. Continue reading →

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