Uganda
Save the Children UK has been working in Uganda since 1959.
Save the Children Norway has been leading our work since 2003.
Uganda is relatively stable after many years of conflict. However, our work there is still essential. Half the Ugandan population is aged under 15. Children are at risk from:
- food shortages
- displacement of communities
- poor access to health and social services.
The number of street children is getting bigger.
Preventable diseases such as malaria and pneumonia are the major cause of death. Many children have been infected or orphaned by HIV and AIDS. But the government has spent most of its limited health budget on single-issue campaigns. There is little money left for a comprehensive healthcare system.
We work to improve children's lives by focusing on:
- health issues, including HIV and AIDS
- child protection, including the reform of the juvenile justice system
- food security.
Uganda related articles
- Thursday 22 November 2007 Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody on going to Uganda
- Gary Lightbody, frontman of Snow Patrol, travelled to northern Uganda with Save the Children visting some of the poorest communities in the world.
- Wednesday 19 September 2007 Africa under water: Children in 19 countries affected by floods
- Half a million children have been affected by widespread flooding across 19 countries in Africa. Torrential rains and floods have swept over east and west Africa in recent weeks, destroying homes and schools and washing away crops and livestock.
- Tuesday 7 August 2007 M&S helps children in western Uganda
- M&S and Save the Children join forces to help 15,000 children in western Uganda.
- Monday 2 April 2007 Save the Children hears reports of indiscriminate killings of Ugandan children
- We have been given information of an alleged incident in Karamoja, north-east Uganda in which 66 children were reportedly killed, allegedly by the Ugandan People's Defense Force (UPDF).
- Wednesday 28 February 2007 Ugandan children lives hang in the balance by potential return to conflict
- Save the Children calls on the international community to make clear no international political support will be given to the Ugandan government or the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) if one or both sides return to war.
- Thursday 15 February 2007 Less than two weeks until Uganda's children thrown back into danger of war
- Less than two weeks to go before the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement runs out.
- Monday 22 January 2007 Millions of children at risk in Uganda
- If international community doesn't act now to prevent collapse of peace talks.
