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A school wall with windows featuring hand painted sign language and alphabets

A teacher’s story: Using technology for learning

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My name is Wadimo Joy. I have been a teacher in Uganda for 26 years. I believe assistive technology is a blessing to the growing minds of children with disabilities in Uganda today. In last year’s Primary School finals, one of my students with disabilities received a better score than all the other candidates. I know this success was… Read more →←
A mother holding her daughter close, in front of a clothesline

Field lessons: Impact the whole person, not just a part

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As a medical doctor with more than a decade of experience working on HIV and AIDS in Uganda, I’m not often surprised. Yet, on a recent mission to document the stories of women and children benefiting from advancements in testing and treating HIV, I was. I was humbled by the stories of women who faced outstanding hardships and yet… Read more →←
Two women carry their babies in a sling on their backs.

Racing the clock to save mothers and protect newborns in Uganda

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“We used to think that when the mother has swollen feet she is pregnant with twins, but now we know that when we see a mother with swollen feet, it is important for that mother to go to the health unit.” In 2015, 19 out of every 1,000 babies born in Uganda died within their first 28 days of life – 30,000 newborns in total. Many… Read more →←

Day of the African Child: Female activists’ UNICEF Twitter takeover

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Each year, June 16 is celebrated as the Day of the African Child. Since the first time it was observed in 1991, the day has been an opportunity to focus on the challenges facing the continent’s children and youth, but also a chance to recognize how children and young people themselves are working to address these challenges and how… Read more →←
A nutrition education session for villages in Uganda, as part of the Africa Nutrition Security Partnership.

Child hunger and its long-term effects

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Eric Turyasingura chases after a ball made from plastic bags outside his home in the mountains of southern Uganda. Yelling “Arsenal with the ball! Arsenal with the ball!” in his mother tongue, Nkore, he jostles with his younger brothers for possession. At five years old, Eric’s body already tells a story of poverty and lost… Read more →←
A student in Kalangala District signing up for U-report.

Ugandan youth are allies for immunisation

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What do mobile phones and immunisation have in common? While it may not seem like there’s much, they actually go together pretty well. Being in the know with the latest gadgets and technologies is a given for any trend-setting youth, and most do whatever they can to protect these small devices from getting stolen, broken, or taken over… Read more →←
In Zambia's Southern Province health worker volunteers are trained to use SMS technology known as Remind MI (Remind Mother and Infant) in delivering results and reminders to clients of the rural health centre.

ICT4D: a coming of age

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C4D, S4D and now ICT4D. The latest “4D” could represent one of the most important social and economic development trends in years. Communication technologies have long been seen as development “silver bullets.” First radio was going to boost productivity for rural farmers, then TV sets were supposed to replace teachers in remote… Read more →←

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