article / July 21, 2023
Child labour in vanilla in Uganda
Not far from the capital of Kampala in Uganda, vanilla flourishes around the city of Mukono. However, the high value and delicate nature of the crop has its own hidden costs, as the sons of one farmer in Ngogwe know all too well.
article / August 22, 2023
Enid Ocaya: Bringing leadership lessons from refugee response in Uganda and South Sudan to the Ukraine crisis
I joined World Vision Uganda in 2012 as a Disaster Risk Reduction Manager with Humanitarian Emergency Affairs (HEA) duties. Uganda was coming out of a war of 20 years waged by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Northern Uganda and that part of the country was ready for recovery programming.
publication / February 29, 2024
Price Shocks: Economic gains masking a growing hunger and malnutrition crisis
World Vision's annual price survey analyses global food prices over the past three years. This Price Shocks report is a continuation of our 2021 and 2022 studies with findings showing a slight dip in the highest costs of living for some while others remain at previously marked crisis levels. This year's findings continue to underscore the uneven recovery from the socioeconomic shocks from COVID-19, inflation, and extreme weather and indicates a disparity of food prices, both in the current cost of the basket of 10 common food items and in the year-on-year comparisons. We provide insight into the year-on-year changes and share recommendations on mitigation for various audiences.
publication / September 28, 2022
2021 Annual Report, World Vision Uganda
World Vision Uganda 2021 Annual Report looks at the impact of our work in education, health, nutrition, WASH, resilience, livelihoods, child protection, advocacy and humanitarian response in serving the most vulnerable children in Uganda.
publication / April 23, 2024
Putting Children First for Sustainable Development
New research to analyize the economic beneift of Official Development Assistance (ODA) programming that directly or indirectly targets children found that every $1USD of child-related ODA directly or indirectly results in a $10USD return and highlights that investing in children is a way to maximise the benefit that donors see from their ODA programmes.
article / March 20, 2024
Water for Peace in Rwanda
World Water Day blog post about the transformative power of water for peace and prosperity. Site visits of a water system in Rwanda that serves communities, households, schools and healthcare facilities.
publication / November 9, 2022
2021 Digital Health Factsheet: B-MNCH - Uganda
2021 Digital Health Factsheet: B-MNCH – Uganda