Success Stories

Mr. Maxwell and Shanitah lives in Lurujo, a village in North western Uganda with beautiful, serene, undulating hills and valleys and is one of the many villages in which AFOD intervened in a bid to curb malnutrition. Like many other villages in the region, children in Lurujo lack balanced diet especially vegetables. Post-harvest losses were […]

Alliance Forum for Development (AFOD) has been implementing Targeted Supplementary Feeding and Maternal Child Health and Nutrition (MCHN) programme under the World Food Programme so as to improve the nutritional well-being of the vulnerable groups among communities in Koboko District, Kennedy, a 1 year and 4 months old child belonging to Moses and Marion who

Queen is an orphaned baby whose mother died when she was 1 month old, with very little help from relatives, she started taking porridge at an early stage since there were no resources to provide other food items. Before AFOD came in, she would be given cassava porridge mixed with groundnut paste but this did

Calvin is a 3-year-old boy abandoned by his mother at a tender age of 1 year and 6 months. He is a beneficiary of the Targeted Supplementary Feeding Program (TSFP) implemented by Alliance Forum for Development-Uganda. He is suffering from moderate acute malnutrition (MAM). Catherine the step-mother to Calvin is now taking care of him

AFOD programme in Adjumani District responds to the health needs of the young people. Young people in West Nile region are vulnerable to all kinds of health challenges, these include; STI/HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B, early or unwanted pregnancy, unsafe abortion, and psychosocial problem such as substance abuse, sexual abuse etc. Factors that predispose them to vulnerability

Adjumani District, Kureku East village, Bacere Parish, Ofua Sub County Raleo Kevin, a 16 year old who was studying in Kureku primary school in primary seven got married to man in Ukusijoni Sub County in Guliya village. This attracted AFOD interest and community leaders. A follow up with the parents, teachers and local leaders in

AFOD – Uganda targeted adolescents in upper primary to be supported in career guidance and SRH (Sexual Reproductive Health) Adjumani district is highly affected by the vice of teenage pregnancy and early marriage worsened by the influx of the refugees, according to the DEO’s report for 2016, it indicated that over 500 girls dropped out

Although Uganda has made remarkable strides in improving the health of its populations, some of the key health issues especially regarding Adolescent sexual reproductive health remain wanting. For example, although most adolescents in Uganda have heard about many aspects of sexual and reproductive health, many have limited knowledge and accessibility to youth friendly and affordable

1: Sexual Reproductive Health Knowledge for life In this community, the youth in general had severalproblems before AFOD-Uganda came in. Of course we had other organizations working in with various kinds of programmes but the issues that were troubling youths continued. Our major problems were that we did not have courage, knowledge and access to

Mary Mandera, a resilient 40-year-old South Sudanese refugee living in Pagirinya settlement, Adjumani district, shares her journey of triumph. “When the war erupted in South Sudan, I was separated from my husband. Arriving in Uganda, I felt overwhelmed and isolated, with my children unwilling to assist with household and farming tasks. As a devoted mother