Tag Archives: children

  Kabwangasi, Uganda | URN | Experts investigating the administration of the wrong medication to 23 children during a health outreach in Butebo District have confirmed that all the children who were hospitalised with complications are now out of danger and are expected to be discharged. The children were mistakenly …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Retailer Carrefour Uganda has renovated and handed over a community facility used by In Need Home, a non-governmental organisation supporting vulnerable children and families in Namuwongo, Kampala, in a project funded through contributions from shoppers, it said on Oct.16 in a media release. The …

Kinshasa, DRC | URN | Hundreds of thousands of children in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are facing major disruptions to their education as the country battles its largest and deadliest Ebola outbreak, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has warned. The humanitarian organisation said fear of Ebola, inadequate …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Britam Asset Managers Uganda has introduced a children’s investment plan that allows families to start saving with as little as Shs20,000, as it seeks to encourage long-term financial planning among Ugandan households. The product, known as KidNest, comes at a time when many Ugandans …

    MPs, civial society, cultural and religious leaders pledge to use local structures to mobilise parents as government launches nationwide catch-up campaign, October 1–5   Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Members of Parliament, cultural leaders led by the Buganda Kingdom, civil society organisations and religious leaders …

Nabilatuk, Uganda | URN | “No relative is giving us attention because they are also equally vulnerable.” Those are the words of 12-year-old Emmy Lokol, a resident of Nabilatuk district, who says he and his 10-year-old brother have been left to fend for themselves after their parents and elder brother were …

Nabilatuk, Uganda | URN | Authorities in Nabilatuk District are struggling to contain a growing number of street children who have flooded Nabilatuk Town Council. The children, aged between 6 and 12, have reportedly abandoned their homes and resorted to life on the streets. Last term, the District Security Committee …

  World Vision Uganda Commemorates 40 Years of Transforming Lives, Unveils Bold New Strategy for 2026–2030   Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four decades ago, amid the ashes and uncertainty of the Luwero Triangle in 1986, World Vision Uganda began a journey of hope. What started as a response to …

  Registering a child requires identity information, a national number and a birth certificate. But when the father is absent or unknown, it becomes extremely difficult   NEWS ANALYSIS | Ethar Shalaby & Patricia Whitehorne | A 17-year-old Sudanese girl holds a young child in her arms with a heavy …

BERLIN | Xinhua | As generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) reaches children through both the classroom and the internet, governments and schools are attempting to simultaneously protect young users and prepare them for a technology that will become increasingly necessary in the future. The debate over children’s use of AI has …