Typically, Uganda has two good rainy seasons and farmers can easily grow food.  In the past two years, this has changed.  People in some regions in Uganda are struggling right now with supplies of food and rising costs of crops such as maize and beans.  We are hearing of the troubles particularly from our schools […]

We want to give you an update on the struggle with the pandemic in Uganda.  Fortunately, Uganda has been able to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus quite well, and to date there have been only ~40,000 infections among the 45,000,000 citizens of the country and less than 350 deaths.  Hospitals have been able […]

We want to give you an update on the struggle with the novel coronavirus in Uganda.  As of May 4, there have been only 89 confirmed cases of infection in Uganda with no deaths and 52 patients recovered.  Despite the low incidence, the government has issued stay-at-home orders and the borders are closed in a […]

Once again we want to share with you some news about Uganda that is not adequately covered by the International press.  However, on April 26, 2017 there was an article written for the Associated Press by Jerome Delay that did tell about the great humanitarian work that is being done in Uganda to welcome and shelter refugees […]

On September 10, 2016, an earthquake of magnitude 5.7 hit northern Tanzania and southern Uganda, with an epicenter near Lake Victoria. Dozens of people lost their lives, hundreds were injured and thousands more lost their homes. Unfortunately, this sad event was only minimally covered by the international news services. We just returned from our annual […]