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Rebuilding lives with beads and a megaphone
In Uganda’s Bidibidi refugee resettlement camp, one woman is helping others make money—and heal—through a jewelry-making group. Forced from their homes after three years of brutal…
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Food Rights Alliance - Our partner in creating a world free from hunger
The world produces enough foods to feed everyone but up to 795 million people of whom 70% are directly involved in production are malnourished. UNFAO also estimates that 800 million people go to bed…
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Who is a leader?
This is the question the Country Director Peter Kamalingin posed to the refugee community of Rhino Refugee Settlement in Arua district northern Uganda during a recent monitoring visit.Speaking to the…
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From subsistence to commercial Cassava planting
Located in Arit Latwong village, Gem Onyot parish Acholibur Sub County, Gen Badi Farmer group is made up of 30 farmers; 21 females and 9 males. The group started receiving support from Oxfam’s…
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Calling for Taxation on MPs' Allowance
During the month of April 2016, civil society organisations under the umbrella of the Tax Justice Alliance Uganda staged a campaign against a move by Members of Parliament to exempt themselves from…
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Betty Keji - The hygiene champion
Continued sensitization on good health, hygiene and sanitation have greatly improved my life. I have my own latrine, bathe and do my laundry regularly because I have access to water nearby. I am now…
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PELUM Uganda - Economic Empowerment for Sustainable Livelihoods
PELUM Uganda has enjoyed great collaboration with Oxfam since 2006. Our journey together has been very rewarding. In the earlier years, we greatly profited from institutional strengthening of PELUM…
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Frances Adong - The development heroine
Frances Adong is a social entrepreneur, a change-maker acknowledged and respected by the community.For nearly a decade, Adong has been actively engaged in the Government of Uganda’s sub-district…
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