Education was often seen as a luxury, with children expected to help at home or in the fields rather than sit in classrooms ...

The research was prompted by studies showing that 36 percent of the population in Africa lives in extreme poverty ...

Jimmy Akena Obote, the Uganda People’s Congress party (UPC) president has slammed the National Resistance Movement (NRM) ...

This includes its persistent poverty and struggle to adequately invest in the health ... and 1 in 8 gives birth Children enjoy a laugh at school in rural Uganda, where your support is helping ...

For millions of rural people living in poverty around the world ... In partnership with researchers at Uganda Martyrs University, we distributed funds provided by a private donor to 50 savings ...

For millions of rural people living in poverty around the world ... we conducted a randomized experiment in rural Uganda. In partnership with researchers at Uganda Martyrs University, we ...

bolstered by pro-poor spending on basic services and effective rural safety nets. This progress has been underpinned by strong and sustained economic growth averaging 10.9 percent annually. The pace ...

The rapper, real name Patrick Ssenyonjo, has become a household name in Uganda, a country mired in poverty and corruption, for singing about his parents’ struggles to provide for him and his ...

Both women had been living below the extreme poverty line ... serious problems. In rural areas, patriarchal norms remain entrenched and funding for gender equality in Uganda has actually decreased ...