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FAMINE IN SOMALIA 24 Mar

FAMINE IN SOMALIA

Famine in Somalia is due to the following three consecutive dry seasons, this was the driest period in decades. More than half of Somalia’s population faces severe hunger or starvation this year, primarily children. That is 2011/12, 2016/17, and the current one 2021/22. According to the World Food Programme, 5.6 million people are food insecure,…

CLOSE THE CARE GAP. WORLD CANCER DAY 2022-2024 THEME. 04 Feb

CLOSE THE CARE GAP. WORLD CANCER DAY 2022-2024 THEME.

The 4th of February is World Cancer Day all over the world. The theme this year is “Close the Care Gap”. It is aimed at raising awareness of the equity gap that affects almost everyone, in high as well as low and middle-income countries and is costing lives. It is led by the Union for…

REOPENING OF SCHOOLS.

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…

MALNUTRITION 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…

CHRISTMAS DAY 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 –…

RAPE 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…

3RD DECEMBER 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…

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE- A HINDRANCE TO DEVELOPMENT 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…

DARE TO LOVE THE SEEMINGLY ‘UNLOVABLE.’ 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…