New Oxfam report says they exploit the poor Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Oxfam; the global anti-poverty NGO, has once again released a report on trends of wealth accumulation among the rich and poverty deepening among the poor. While the anger directed at the rich individuals and corporations is the …
Read More »Karamojong attacks affecting NGO activities in Agago
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) and Development Partners operating in Agago district have reported that continuous attacks by Karamojong warriors are adversely affecting the implementation of their activities. Over the past year, the Karamojong have carried out several raids on livestock and attacks on locals, prompting many …
Read More »Unknown assailants kill NGO boss
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unknown assailants have killed Herbert Galusha, the executive director of Echoes of Children’s Voices ECOV- Uganda. According to unconfirmed information, the assailants killed Galusha at his home next to Mbale primary school in Mbale City Northern Division on Good Friday and dragged his body next to …
Read More »BRAC to celebrate 50th year anniversary in Uganda: From Bangladesh to the world
Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | BRAC is going to celebrate its 50-year anniversary under the theme “50 Years of Igniting Hope from Bangladesh to the World” at Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort on 30 March 2023. BRAC Uganda and BRAC Uganda Bank Ltd are organising the event, where prominent guests and dignitaries …
Read More »AFIEGO NGO staff detained over ‘ illegal oil sector operations’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six staff of Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO) are currently detained at Kira Police Station. They include Dickens Kamugisha, the Chief Executive Officer, Rachael Amongin, the Assistant Communications Officer and Catherine Twongyeirwe, Finance and AdminIstration Assistant. Also Mercy Nuwamanya, a Front desk officer, …
Read More »Entebbe surgical hospital operates 300 children in 5 months
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Children’s Surgical Hospital in Entebbe municipality, the first of its kind in Uganda, has started bearing fruits less than five months since it opened. Built at a cost of 117 billion shillings, the hospital was built under a public private partnership with the ministry of …
Read More »Ugandan NGOs celebrate Biden’s change of policy on women’s health
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Executive order by the newly sworn US President, Joe Biden repealing the U.S. Mexico City Policy alias the global gag rule has excited local Non-Governmental organisations. The order that led to the signing of a memorandum guaranteeing protection of Women’s health both …
Read More »Why Museveni hates NGOs
Behind the attacks on NGO Forum, UWONET Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The government on Dec.11 unexpectedly froze bank accounts and clamped down on the activities of two prominent local civil society organisations—the Uganda NGO Forum and the Uganda Women’s Network (UWONET). A day earlier, Sydney Asubo, the …
Read More »Morocco NGO delivers emergency supplies to single mums in lockdown
Casablanca, Morocco | AFP | A small van zips through the streets of Casablanca to deliver food to single mothers, as economic paralysis caused by the coronavirus crisis puts pressure on Morocco’s poor. “We have to be quick,” says Bouchra, a coordinator from NGO INSAF who is supervising the day’s rounds. …
Read More »Germans hit the streets against deals with far right
Frankfurt am Main, Germany | AFP | Ten thousand people are expected to join a demonstration Saturday in Erfurt, capital of Thuringia state in Germany’s former communist east, where far-right lawmakers last week helped install a new state premier. “Not with us! No pacts with fascists any time or anywhere!” is …
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