After 20 years of protracted conflict in Northern Uganda, the return of internally displaced persons to their homes continues to experience large scale humanitarian needs. Climatic hazards such as drought, crop diseases, and floods add an extra degree of risk to already vulnerable populations. As of August 2007, 2.1 million people in this region remained food insecure...
Uganda Women’s Efforts to Save Orphans launched a program in Soroti district to work with Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development as a Technical Service Organization for Orphans and other Vulnerable Children in North Eastern Zone of Uganda. UWESO will provide technical support to the local governments and child-focused civil society organizations in this Zone...
Migyera UWESO Training Institute (MUTI) held its 1st Parents and Teachers Association (PTA) meeting on 13th July 2008. The main objective of this meeting was to elect and inaugurate the very first PTA Executive Committee for the school. Over 50 parents, the Chairperson LC III Nabiswera Sub county and LC I from Nyalukonge, the UWESO Branch Executive Committee Nakasongola as well as members of staff from UWESO Head office attended this meeting...
On that bright Monday morning of 7th July 2008, artisan graduates started storming the UWESO Eastern Regional office. They were all dressed for the occasion, some came unaccompanied others were in groups of two and more, a few arrived with their master artisans, guardians, those from the Soroti Tailoring School came with their school principle chanting congratulatory songs.
Uganda today has over 7 million vulnerable children, most of whom have lost one or both parents due to the war conflict, HIV/AIDS, poverty as a result some are out of school and others head households. Households with vulnerable children have higher dependency ratios, and in the case of child-headed households they may not have substantial income to begin with...
After 20 years of protracted conflict in Northern Uganda, the return of internally displaced persons to their homes continues to experience large scale humanitarian needs. Climatic hazards such as drought, crop diseases, and floods add an extra degree of risk to already vulnerable populations. As of August 2007, 2.1 million people in this region remained food insecure...
Migyera UWESO Training Institute (MUTI) held its 1st Parents and Teachers Association (PTA) meeting on 13th July 2008. The main objective of this meeting was to elect and inaugurate the very first PTA Executive Committee for the school. Over 50 parents, the Chairperson LC III Nabiswera Sub county and LC I from Nyalukonge, the UWESO Branch Executive Committee Nakasongola as well as members of staff from UWESO Head office attended this meeting...
On that bright Monday morning of 7th July 2008, artisan graduates started storming the UWESO Eastern Regional office. They were all dressed for the occasion, some came unaccompanied others were in groups of two and more, a few arrived with their master artisans, guardians, those from the Soroti Tailoring School came with their school principle chanting congratulatory songs. 
Uganda today has over 7 million vulnerable children, most of whom have lost one or both parents due to the war conflict, HIV/AIDS, poverty as a result some are out of school and others head households. Households with vulnerable children have higher dependency ratios, and in the case of child-headed households they may not have substantial income to begin with... 
