14 Dec
Rape is something that many people make fun of every day mostly men. They feel that in some way or the other they have won over the girl. Cases of rape in Uganda keep on rising day by day. Some are reported and some are not. Authorities are corrupted not to hear the cases so…
08 Dec
Gender-based violence refers to the harmful acts directed at an individual based on gender. This can be directed to both men and women who go through this but most women go through this around Africa. Gender-based violence takes many forms such as intimate partner violence, sexual violence, child marriage, and genital mutilation. Threats of violence,…
06 Dec
3 rd December is an International Day for Persons with Disabilities. It’s celebrated all over the world to show care and love to both adults and children with disabilities. It was declined in the year 1992 by the United Nations General Assembly and it aims to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize support…
06 Dec
1ST December is the world’s AIDS day all over the world. It’s a day to highlight the work done to eliminate the epidemic. It was first observed on December 1st, 1988 to bring greater awareness to HIV as well as commemorate those affected by the disease. The idea was brought up by James W.…
26 May
Child labour refers to the exploitation of children through any form of work that deprives children of their childhood, interferes with their ability to attend regular school, and is mentally, physically, socially and morally harmful. Such exploitation is prohibited by legislation worldwide, although these laws do not consider all work by children as child labour;…
20 Apr
Children’s rights are a subset of human rights with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded to minors. The 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) defines a child as “any human being below the age of eighteen years, unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is…
11 Mar
Charity is the act of extending love and kindness to others unconditionally, which is a conscious act but the decision is made by the heart, without expecting a reward. When Charity is carried out selflessly, it is a one-way act where a person gives but asks for nothing in return. It is this act of…
15 Feb
Uganda is home to over 1million orphaned children who have lost their parents to aids, disease, wars and refugee displacement. For many of these children, their option is to live with an elderly grandmother with no resources to provide care or fend for themselves on the streets. Orphan hood is difficult to define. It is…
12 Feb
One of the major influences affecting orphans and vulnerable children is their access to the child grant. However, every child is entitled to a child grant; many orphans and vulnerable children don’t have the correct paperwork to access it. Keeping the orphans and vulnerable children in education is also a key role of childcare advocates.…
28 Jan
Tuyambe is a Ugandan NGO based in Germany that strives towards providing support to African children and widows. With a motto that states, “In general, we can`t give the orphan very much, BUT better than nothing.” Tuyambe was founded in 2002 to help disadvantaged people and children at risk across East Africa but particularly Uganda.…