The Bantwana Initiative applauds the implicit call in a recent New York Times article, Global Push to Treat H.I.V Leaves Children Behind, to re-focus efforts to address treatment gaps for… Read More
The Western Uganda Bantwana Program (WUBP) works to tackle social norms and conditions at home and in schools that lead to violence against children. By integrating prevention curriculum in schools,… Read More
[caption id="attachment_3640" align="alignleft" width="420"] Henry and fellow para social workers learning about GBV handling[/caption] Along with more than 3,300 trained peers across nearly one-third of Uganda’s 111 districts, Henry Kyobe… Read More
[caption id="attachment_3636" align="alignright" width="540"] Kato (right) and his grandmother (left) are discussing the timing of medication with para social worker Baker (middle).[/caption] When his mother died of HIV/AIDS in 2017,… Read More
When schools in Uganda reopened after Covid-19 closures, one community realized that a significant number of children had not returned to class. Some parents who didn’t send their kids back… Read More