Uganda
Population: 30,945,464
Capital: Kampala
Life expectancy: 52 years
GNI per capita: $250
Literacy: 69%
HIV prevalence rate: 4.1% of population 15-49 years old
Under 5 mortality rate: 138 per 1000 live births
Uganda is one of the least developed countries in the world. Over 80% of the population live in poverty by international standards. Conflict in the north between the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army and the Government has forced more than 1.6 million people from their homes. Thousands of children have been abducted as child soldiers or ‘wives’ of LRA commanders, and communities have been massacred. The LRA is known for widespread torture and human rights abuses.
Uganda has been a success story in slowing the spread of HIV and AIDS through a government supported community wide campaign. However, HIV and AIDS is on the rise in northern Uganda where fighting has made it difficult to implement education and prevention projects.
Our work
CWS works with the Church of Uganda's specialist development programme. It focuses on development and disaster relief and is open to all Ugandans, regardless of religious background, throughout the entire country. Its poverty eradication programme focuses on:
- Crop and livestock
- Infrastructure improvement (including water and sanitation)
- Small scale enterprise
- Environmental protection and conservation
- Credit and savings schemes
- Peace, human rights and civic education
- Training and education
- Community-based health care and HIV and AIDS response
CWS also supports a water programme for AIDs orphans and their carers in one of the driest regions of the country.
Our partners
Church of Uganda's planning, development and rehabilitation department.
Centre for Community Solidarty (CCS) - featured in @world Spring 2009.
