Tutti i temi: Uganda

21.03.2008 BROSDI uses a multistakeholder approach by engaging government, private sector and civil society in knowledge sharing as a means of rural development. This is through using ICT methods, inclusive of online social networking applications and participatory methods

19.03.2008 BROSDI uses a multistakeholder approach by engaging government, private sector and civil society in knowledge sharing as a means of rural development. This is through using ICT methods, inclusive of online social networking applications and participatory methods

18.03.2008 Some Ugandan policymakers are seriously considering the results of a new study that recommends more funding for youth-friendly sex education and related services to stem the spread of HIV and other diseases.

14.03.2008 Yksityiset turvallisuusyhtiöt ovat värvänneet jo yli 6 000 ugandalaista toimimaan sotilaallisissa vartio- ja turvallisuustehtävissä Irakissa.

13.03.2008 The number of Ugandans working as security guards in Iraq has hit the 6,000 mark, according to the Minister of State for Labour, Mwesigwa Rukutana.
From The Monitor

11.03.2008 Kouluikäisten seksi huolestuttaa kampalalaista ala-asteen opettajaa. Koulutytöt antautuvat riskiseksiin yleensä saadakseen vähän rahaa omia tarpeitaan varten.

10.03.2008 Hib meningitis has been virtually eliminated in young children in Uganda just five years after the country introduced a vaccine, according to an independent study.
From GAVI Alliance

03.03.2008 The shortage of health workers that is said to be holding back the achievement of international health goals is the subject of an international conference that opens in Uganda today.

27.02.2008 Lasting peace is near at hand as the Ugandan government and main rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army, finalized the last item on the peace negotiations agenda -- disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration.
From: The New Vision

25.02.2008 Ugandan sisällissota on vihdoin päättymässä rauhansopimukseen, kun Ugandan hallitus ja Lord's Resistance Armyn kapinalliset pääsivät sopimukseen pysyvästä tulitauosta. Sisällissota on jatkunut Pohjois-Ugandassa vuodesta 1986.

23.02.2008 The Ugandan government and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army have signed a deal declaring a "permanent ceasefire" at peace talks in Juba, southern Sudan.
From Sunday Monitor

22.02.2008 An agreement over how war crimes suspects will be tried has allowed peace negotiators to move on to discussing a permanent ceasefire, with hopes that a final deal will be struck "very soon."

21.02.2008 Burundi, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda -- all highly dependent on Kenya for goods, transport links, and services -- are struggling to cope with the consequences of the east African nation's ongoing political crisis.

21.02.2008 The Uganda government has struck a deal with the rebel Lord's Resistance Army about where their leaders will be tried.

21.02.2008 Ugandan talouden kasvu on vahvaa, mutta nopea väestönkasvu uhkaa vesittää orastavan kehityksen. Ugandan väestö kasvaa 3,5 prosentin vuosivauhdilla, kolmanneksi nopeimmin maailmassa.

14.02.2008 CEEWA-U has developed an ICT Project to bridge the information gap between information sources, institutions with information and the end users. The Project facilitates linkages with the women at the grass root level and assists in establishing the impact of government policies and programmes and how the use and application of ICTs create an avenue for bridging the information gap.

12.02.2008 (BROSDI) , is a poverty reduction targeting NGO working in the Busoga region and beyond since 2003 until to date. BROSDI offices are found in Wainha Village, Baitambogwe Sub County, Mayuge District.BROSDI aims at stimulating socio-economic development through use of Open Development mediums; in particular use of FOSS, knowledge sharing and information management

12.02.2008 (BROSDI) , is a poverty reduction targeting NGO working in the Busoga region and beyond since 2003 until to date. BROSDI offices are found in Wainha Village, Baitambogwe Sub County, Mayuge District.BROSDI aims at stimulating socio-economic development through use of Open Development mediums; in particular use of FOSS, knowledge sharing and information management

12.02.2008 Some 18 months after a peace agreement calmed much of the countryside, Ugandans are ready to go home, but many are finding no home to go back to.

07.02.2008 The main objective of the project is to enable rural women entrepreneurs and women organizations that promote enterprise development to explore ways and means of exploiting ICTs for community economic empowerment.

Vision is a woman who is economically empowered and able to access and apply ICT’s to promote her enterprise. The focus of the project is on building capacity of grass root women to access and utilize ICTs for enterprise development.