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Saturday, June 7, 2025

Voices unlocked: How children in Uganda are turning smartphones into storytelling tools.

Voices unlocked: In Uganda, children are turning smartphones into storytelling tools, using mobile journalism to shine a light on their communities, challenges, and opportunities and inspire change. Since its launch in 2019, World Vision Uganda’s MOJO initiative has trained youth to script, film, edit, and produce impactful stories using smartphones. This empowers them to share their lived experiences and push for change in their communities.

Voices unlocked: How children in Uganda are turning smartphones into storytelling tools.

Voices unlocked: In Uganda, children are turning smartphones into storytelling tools, using mobile journalism to shine a light on their communities...

WORLD VISION URGES AFRICAN LEADERS TO ACCELERATE SDGs PROGRESS

The 11th Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD11), held in Kampala, Uganda (April 9–11, 2025), called for bold leadership and accelerated...

WORLD VISION BRIDGES WATER SCARCITY IN NAKASONGOLA DISTRICT

World Vision has installed 2 motorised water systems worth 3.2B UGX) in Nakasongola distirct, serving 22K+ people. Children no longer miss school fetching...

WORLD VISION – SANLAM PARTNERSHIP BOOSTS EDUCATIONAL ACCESS IN PADER AND AGAGO DISTRICTS

World Vision & Sanlam Uganda's 3-yr partnership improved education in Pader & Agago districts. Modern classrooms, latrines, and teachers houses were...

Disabled Farmer defying hunger and Inspiring Change in Karamoja

Farmer with a disability defies hunger and inspires change in Karamoja

39-year-old Babodmas stands as a testament to hope and resilience. Karamoja is one of Ugandas most food-insecure regions, with over 400,000 people facing...

Zai Pits Transforming Nutrition and Food Security in Karamoja

Zai Pits Transforming Nutrition and Food Security in Karamoja

According to the 2024 Integrated Food Security Phase Classification report, Karamoja faces an acute nutrition crisis. Over 112,270 children aged 6-59...

Beteth and her husband on their cocoa and coffee plantation

How couple has overcome domestic violence and transformed their Lives

Beteth and her husband, once burdened by financial struggles and constant fights over how to make ends meet, have emerged as an inspiring story of...

World Vision’s Nutrition intervention curbing malnutrition in Ntoroko

World Vision’s Nutrition intervention curbing malnutrition in Ntoroko

29-year-old Maureen, who lost her home, four goats, and property when Lake Albert and River Semliki burst their banks in late 2024. Once a landowner...

How the NEXUS programming is transforming the Uganda Refugee Response

This article highlights Uganda's progressive refugee management, which integrates humanitarian aid, development, and peacebuilding through the nexus model.

Melisa center with her friends Joy(R) and Patricia (behind her) returning from school.

Children with special needs receive a ray of hope for living life in all its fullness

Many children living with disability are unable to join school because of their condition, however, because of initiatives like Channels of Hope, children...

girls displaying her reusable menstrual hygiene kit

Wiping out menstrual stigma to keep girls in school

While menstruation is a normal biological process that women and girls in puberty experience, it continues to be a target for discrimination and...

Kennedy irrigating his vegetable garden

Kennedy's Journey from Village Despair to Economic Triumph

In every young man's heart, the allure of urban life often overshadows the perceived hopelessness of village existence. Being in the village is sometimes...

James's sister lilian displays thier harvest

Harvesting Hope; How Youth Skilling is Reshaping Refugee Futures

James, a father of two, carries a profound passion for farming rooted in his earliest memories. Originating from South Sudan, farming was a cherished...

Stella enjoying the bumpy harvest from her farm

Turning Adversity into Prosperity: Stella's Triumph in Economic Empowerment

"My children are my only source of motivation; their well-being is the driving force behind my relentless efforts to secure a brighter future for them,"...

World Vision Uganda supports refugee families adopt block farming to improve food security.

Refugee families adopt block farming to improve food security

"Fresh cassava leaves are all I had. I cooked and served my children as the meal," Joyce says, wiping her eyes.

World Vision Uganda nutrition sessions provide fresh hope to young refugee mothers and their newborns.

Nutrition sessions provide fresh hope to young refugee mothers and their newborns

Joyce needed to juggle school and parenting, which increasingly proved impossible. "Everything was uncertain. I was not only scared but confused too," she...

World Vision Uganda Ebola Response Faith Leaders Channels of Hope Risk Communication Community Engagement

Faith leaders halt the spread of Ebola in hotspot communities

With their confidence built to go into communities and deliver the critical message with compassion and care for affected people, faith leaders have proven...

World Vision Uganda Ebola Response Faith Leaders Channels of Hope Risk Communication Community Engagement

A glimpse of hope and optimism as Uganda records zero Ebola cases in 7 days

The number of Ebola virus disease cases has not changed for a week and counting, with 141 cumulative confirmed cases and 55 confirmed deaths, including 21...

World Vision Uganda Health and Nutrition Breastmilk Breastfeeding

Mothers inspire mothers to promote exclusive breastfeeding

Breastfeeding is one of the most effective ways to ensure child health and survival when exclusively practised from the first hour of birth for six months...

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Teenage pregnancy does not mean the end for refugee girls in Uganda

COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown led to a spike in the number of teenage pregnancy cases in refugee settlements where World Vision operates. Hundreds...

Child labour in Busia gold mines

Rescuing and supporting children forced into illegal mining in Uganda

Behind lucrative business lurks a desperate daily battle for survival--child miners bearing the heaviest load. The impact of the work on a child's health...

World Vision Uganda FMNR Resilience and Livelihood in West Nile.

A family invests in tree planting to fight climate change

With World Vision's Uganda Refugee Response transitioning from food and cash handouts, we are implementing a project to improve resilience and livelihood...

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Nexus-based programming takes shape in Uganda refugee response

Protracted conflict and instability in South Sudan leave little hope that South Sudanese refugees will soon be able to return home safely. In this context...

World Vision Uganda empowering communities to fight malaria in Bugiri

Delilah survives malaria thanks to a community health worker

Children under five are one of the most vulnerable groups affected by malaria, and this was the case for three-year-old Delilah, who would have lost her...