All stories related to Uganda
Closing the gender gap
Oct 02, 2012
A new series of gender integration workshops shed light on how women are often shortchanged in development – and take aim to close the gender gap at each level in the value chain of production.
Simple messages on malaria prevention
Apr 25, 2010
A short film with simple messages on malaria prevention and treatment
ACT in Uganda
Organisations with HQ in Uganda
International organisations in Uganda
- DanChurchAid (DCA)
- ECLOF International
- Lutheran World Relief (LWR)
- The Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
- World Renew (WR) - formerly Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
Organisations funding work in Uganda
- Brot für die Welt (BfdW) (Bread for the World)
- Christian Aid (CA)
- Christian World Service (CWS)
- Church World Service (CWS)
- Church of Sweden (CoS)
- Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT)
- Finn Church Aid (FCA)
- Icelandic Church Aid (ICA)
- Inter-Church Organisation for Development Cooperation (ICCO)
- Kerk In Actie (KIA)
- Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)
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)