George William Odeke is a local councilperson in the flooded village of Adurukoi in the eastern Ugandan district of Katakwi. “I don’t know what will happen next year because the food is just finished. If the rain continues, we will undoubtedly need food relief,” said Mr.
Odeke. Read more...

Recent heavy rains have caused extensive flooding and damage throughout much of west, central and east Africa. The floods have destroyed homes, farmland and local infrastructure, while displacing hundreds of thousands of people. Read more...

Research in literacy levels in Karamoja region using population projections and visits at every Manyatta reveals that eighty eight percent of the people in the region cannot read and write the Moroto district Education Officer, Mr. Paul Abul has said. Read more...

Watch how the Ugandan NGO KADP works with drought preparedness in Karamoja and how they help improve the quality of life for the Karamojongs, who are among the poorest groups in Uganda. Read more...

A milk goat project funded by the DanChurchAid, a Danish Charity Organisation for women groups in the districts of Moroto and Nakapiripirit has improved the quality of life in more than 100 families. Read more...

One thing you notice on returning to Karamoja after a year or so is that someone has splendidly done well out of selling agriculrural products, sorghum, millet, beans, Sim sim rice and potatoes. Read more...

Authorities in Moroto district have blamed the outbreak of infectious livestock diseases in the entire Karamoja region on cattle rustling across the borders to Kenya. Read more...

An infectious livestock disease has broken out in the district of Moroto and other parts Nakapiripiriti districts killing hundreds of animals, the Livestock development assistant, Mr. Simon Peter Louse has said. Read more...

Local leadership in Karamoja region are seeking plans to end the long running cattle rustling battles with their neighbours, the Pokot and Turkana of Kenya. Read more...

Despite the intensity of the ongoing disarmament exercise in Karamoja region through cordon and search method, 8 people have been killed and 318 livestock have been raided in Moroto district in the month of June alone. Read more...

Leadership in Karamoja have named Kenya, Southern Sudan, Somalia and Ethiopia as the main sources of most of the illicit arms in Karamoja region. Read more...

Rose Imilima lives in the eastern Ugandan district of Katakwi. She never imagined that she would spend her life struggling to survive. In fact, she never thought she would spend her life alone, but when her husband died, she was left without a means to support herself. Read more...

Two Danish and three local employees were caught in a teargas battle when an allegedly illegal demonstration was dispersed with teargas by Ugandan Police on January 26th. The group was returning from a workshop outside Kampala, the capital of Uganda. Read more...

In Kitgum, the relationship between the Church of Uganda and the Uganda country program of the Lutheran World Federation is a good example of ACT members' close working relationship. There is an old adage that says, “Two heads are better than one.” Adapted to a case of humanitarian organizations working in situations of emergency relief - two working together is better than one - the adage rings true. Read more...

Kitgum District has been one of the hardest-hit areas during the long-running conflict in Northern Uganda. Insecurity and fear of attacks from Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels as well as the Karamojong have dislodged an enormous number of people from their homes, forcing them into IDP camps under the protection of the Ugandan People's Defense Force. Read more...

Church of Uganda (CoU), a member of the global alliance Action by Churches Together (ACT) International, has been working to address the immediate needs for food, shelter and other material items for people forced from their homes and living in makeshift camps in Soroti, Northern Uganda. Read more...

Uganda and Thailand are considered best practise cases in the fight against HIV/AIDS due to many years of sustained and broad efforts to prevent HIV infection and alleviate the negative social impact of AIDS. Read more...

Contact information: DanChurchAid's regional office in Uganda Read more...