Uganda
Despite hopes generated by peace talks and the return of internally displaced people, northern Uganda continues to experience large-scale humanitarian needs after 20 years of protracted conflict between the Government and the Lord's Resistance Army. An estimated two million people displaced from their homes live in northern Uganda. Drought, crop diseases and floods add extra risk to already vulnerable people. ACT carries out an emergency preparedness and response programme, implements safe water programmes, drills boreholes, trains handpump mechanics, distributes seeds and livestock, does HIV and AIDS awareness, and offers psychosocial care.
Latest from Uganda
Uganda acts on drought resistance
Aug 15, 2011
The reasons for hunger in Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti are far more complex than two years of drought. In Uganda, ACT Alliance members shows things can be done differently.
This is the last of my food
Jul 08, 2011
Laurie MacGregor reports from the Horn of Africa, where 10 million are at risk of starvation
Uganda: low-fuel stoves saving the forests
Jun 02, 2010
In Uganda, cleaner stoves are reducing the need to fell trees for cooking fuel.