The dream has come true after the announcement of the reopening of schools. Everyone is getting ready teachers, school owners, parents, and students. Reopening of schools but who is going back? After two years of closure, schools are to be opened up in Uganda on the 10th of January 2022. The president of Uganda confirmed…
27 Dec
MALNUTRITION
The World Health Organization defines malnutrition as “deficiencies, excesses, or imbalances in a person’s intake of energy and/or nutrients”. The National Health Services of the United Kingdom refers to malnutrition as “poor nutrition”. There is something in common here, based on those two definitions and that is food. The food in question is available…
24 Dec
CHRISTMAS DAY
Christmas day is when we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ around the world on the 25th of December every year. Both religious and cultural people celebrate it around the world. It’s preceded by the season of advent that initiates the season of Christmastide which historically in the West lasts twelve days. Isaiah 9:6 –…
14 Dec
RAPE
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
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
3RD DECEMBER
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…
20 Apr
CHILDREN’S RIGHTS
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…
29 Dec
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE- A HINDRANCE TO DEVELOPMENT
“Domestic violence is the front line of the war against women”. Pearl Cleage According to UN, it defined Domestic abuse or domestic violence as a pattern of behavior in any relationship that is used to gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner. Abuse is physical, sexual, emotional, economic or psychological. This includes…
24 Oct
DARE TO LOVE THE SEEMINGLY ‘UNLOVABLE.’
Meaning of love. Love is kind, patient, not proud. love is long-suffering, forgiving, and beautiful. It is a beautiful thing to be loved and a mighty thing to love. It is even more powerful to dare to love the unlovable. It has been said that “No man is an island.” to means that no man…
Get together Party
Tuyambe Africa get together celebrations