All stories related to Uganda
Ugandan evacuees return home after decades of conflict
Mar 13, 2012
More than 20 years after Ugandan residents of the Pader area fled LRA violence, ACT is helping them return home
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.
Simple messages on malaria prevention
Apr 25, 2010
A short film with simple messages on malaria prevention and treatment
ACT in Uganda
ACT Alliance organisations meet in what we call a Forum to do joint analysis of the national situation, and joint planning.
Link through to Forum page in ACT Groups
Organisations with HQ in Uganda
International organisations in Uganda
- Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
- DanChurchAid
- ECLOF International
- Lutheran World Federation, The
- Lutheran World Relief
Organisations funding work in Uganda
- Bread for the World
- Christian Aid
- Christian World Service
- Church World Service (CWS)
- Church of Sweden
- Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH)
- Diakonie, Austria
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- FinnChurch Aid, FCA
- ICCO
- Icelandic Church Aid
- Kerk In Actie
- Norwegian Church Aid
About Uganda
- Population: 32.7 million (UN, 2009)
- Capital: Kampala
- Area: 241,038 sq km (93,072 sq miles)
- Major languages: English (official), Swahili (official), Luganda, various Bantu and Nilotic languages
- Major religions: Christianity, Islam
- Life expectancy: 52 years (men), 53 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: 1 Ugandan shilling = 100 cents
- Main exports: Coffee, fish and fish products, tea; tobacco, cotton, corn, beans, sesame
- GNI per capita: US $420 (World Bank, 2008)