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DanChurchAid in Uganda

DanChurchAid and local partners work with HIV/AIDS, human rights and emergency relief in Uganda. DanChurchAid has worked in Uganda for many years, mainly through the Lutheran World Federation and Church of Uganda.
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Ugandan journalists write about Karamoja

The Karimojongs in the North-eastern part of Uganda are among the poorest in the country because of drought, lack of development in the region, and a high illiteracy rate. DanChurchaid and the Humanitarian Aid Department of the European Commission are funding a drought preparedness program in the districts of Moroto and Nakapiripirit, which is helping the Karimojongs in developing their traditional way of living as agro-pastoralists.

DanChurchAid has invited two journalists from the leading Ugandan newspapers, The Daily Monitor and The New Vision, to see the work of the local partner KADP.

• 88% in Karamoja illiterate
• Illicit arms in Karamoja
• 8 killed, 318 livestock raided in June
• Strange livestock disease breaks out in Moroto
• Karamoja seeks to mend relations with Kenya Turkana, Pokot
• Cattle rustling spreading cattle diseases in Karamoja
• Karamoja could drop pastoralism for Agriculture
• Milk goats
• View also video from Uganda: Fighting for development .

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Uganda in brief

Uganda's history has been marred by civil wars and economic destruction. The years of Idi Amin and civil wars left a country almost destroyed by 1986, when the current president seized power.
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