COMMENT | CONSTANCE KICONCO | Last week’s parenting article “Uganda’s Entitled Generation” led to deep conversations and a Zoom session with the Rotary Club family here in Kampala. One big question stood out: “How do we build a lasting family culture that shapes our children’s values in today’s noisy world?” If …
Read More »How Art is healing the minds of children with sickle cell in Gulu
GULU, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Behind the Sickle Cell Clinic at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital, the tables are alive with colored drawings of parents with their kids, smiling suns, green-haired ladies, and the sick on hospital beds. For an 11-year-old George Opiro* (not real name) whose mother asked that …
Read More »UNICEF: Violence in Libya’s Tripoli threatens nearly half a million children
TRIPOLI | Xinhua) | The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said the escalating violence in and around the Libyan capital Tripoli over the past two days threatens to impact nearly half a million children. “UNICEF has received reports that children, families, and medical staff were stranded in hospitals …
Read More »COMMENT: Uganda’s entitled generation
A Generation that refuses responsibility COMMENT | CONSTANCE KICONCO | There’s a new sound in the air — loud, frustrated, and painfully consistent. It’s the voice of a generation that believes they’re owed everything, yet rarely stop to ask themselves what they owe in return. There’s a growing noise in …
Read More »Napak children return to Kampala streets as child trafficking worsens
NAPAK, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Despite efforts by authorities to rescue and repatriate street children, Napak District is once again grappling with an alarming return of children to the streets of Kampala. Last year, the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) rescued over 500 children under the Kampala Capital City Child …
Read More »LIGHTNING: 1 killed, 4 survive with minor injuries in Mayuge
MAYUGE, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Christine Awori, 30, a resident of Waigala Village in Bukatube Sub-county, Mayuge District, has died after being struck by lightning. The incident occurred at around 2:30 a.m. on Saturday when lightning struck Awori’s house, causing a fire that severely burned her upper body. She succumbed …
Read More »Street children rescued and enrolled in rehabilitation program
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 14 street children in Soroti City have been rescued and enrolled in a one-year rehabilitation program before they are reunited with their families. The children, from various parts of the Teso sub-region, were taken in by the Teso Children Development Foundation (TECDEFO) in …
Read More »SICKLE CELL: Childhood on the brink in Zimbabwe’s Midlands
Eneles Zhou’s five children have sickle cell disease. Her daily routine is a fight against pain, infection and a broken health care system Zvishavane, Zimbabwe | Global Press Journal Zimbabwe | Morning light slants through the window as Eneles Zhou inspects two of her children. They’re wrapped in blankets. Despite March’s typically warm …
Read More »Karamoja leaders alarmed by increasing school going children in kraals
MOROTO, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in the Karamoja sub-region have raised concerns over the increasing number of school-aged children in cattle kraals. Despite interventions by both government and development partners, parents continue taking their children, especially boys, to the kraals as young as six years old. Paul Lokol, …
Read More »Uganda launches massive malaria vaccination for children
KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Uganda on Wednesday launched a landmark malaria vaccination campaign, aiming to immunize 1.1 million children under two years old in its largest rollout to date. Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja presided over the official launch of the immunization exercise at Booma Grounds in Apac district in …
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