Category Archives: Uganda

Some of the DREAMS girls of Loro Primary School in Oyam pose for a photo during one of their group meetings. Photo by Esther Mbabazi.
New Bantwana Website Provides Information and Resources on Assisting Vulnerable Children

The Bantwana Initiative of World Education announces the launch of its newly designed website at [...]

07
Feb
In 2018, we coordinated services for over 300,000 children and their families through 21 programs in 6 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Graphic by Danielle Fortin.
Bantwana’s Year in Review – 2018

In 2018, we coordinated services for over 300,000 children and their families through 21 programs [...]

30
Jan
Waiswa and Samalie in front of their home in Uganda.
Building Resilience Helps Ugandan Families Overcome Violence

When Godfrey Waiswa, 46, retired from being a driver for the government due to ill-health, [...]

10
Dec
Felista - parasocial worker for Better Outcomes in Uganda
Ripples of Change: Leveraging the Power and experience of HIV+ Para-Social Workers to Strengthen the Social Service Workforce

Under the USAID/Uganda Better Outcomes for Children and Youth in Eastern and Northern Uganda, WEI/Bantwana [...]

06
Nov
Swaib - Community Case Worker in Uganda talks with a community member.
A Passion to Serve: Para-Social Workers Offer Critical Support to Vulnerable and HIV+ Children across the Continuum of Care

Under the USAID/Uganda Better Outcomes for Children and Youth in Eastern and Northern Uganda, WEI/Bantwana [...]

06
Nov
Happy girls
Entering a Skilled Girls Force: Day of the Girl

In the small district of Temeke in Tanzania, the beautician sisters’ duo is so high [...]

11
Oct
Phoebe
Overcoming Hardships to Start a New Life

Abenoyo Phoebe lives with her widowed mother and siblings in Namalenya Village of Buwunga in Eastern [...]

11
Oct
Rose with her grandmother
BETTER Opportunities for a Young Mother and Her Family

Rose* is an 18-year-old girl living in Alibi A village in Loro Sub-county of Oyam [...]

11
Jan