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Climate-smart keyhole vegetable gardening-an Action Against Hunger (ACF)

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Climate change and increased climate variability present new risks and vulnerabilities for individuals and smallholder farmers in Yumbe, West Nile who depend mainly on rainfed agriculture. With limited options for diversified livelihoods, these communities are more vulnerable to climate risks, with direct negative impacts on household food security and nutritional status. To address this challenge, […]

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Community group volunteers-CGVs the unsung heroes in Promoting healthy behaviors and parenting skills among mothers-Bidi-Bidi refugee settlement

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Pregnant women in Koboko tend to have low adherence to antenatal and postnatal care thus contributing to infant and child mortality rates. Care Group Volunteers have been using the care group approach to improve nutrition knowledge among pregnant Lactating Women-PLW and children aged 6-59 months in order to prevent chronic and acute malnutrition among refugees

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Championing interventions to improve immunization regimens for unreached and under-immunized children by Care Group Volunteers (CGVs)-Bidi-Bidi refugee settlement

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Immunization is a proven strategy for reducing morbidity and mortality among children. Uganda has specifically accomplished greatly on enhancing its routine immunization (RI) system. However, despite the achievements, the coverage is uneven and equity in access to vaccination remains a challenge for children under the age of 5. A large number of children were unimmunized,

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Teenage pregnancy a growing vice in Moyo and Adjumani District-West Nile Region

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Rose aged (15) is a primary seven dropout now a teenage mother to a two weeks old baby boy Aron from Palida village, Ayiro parish, Metu Sub County in Moyo District, She narrates her story, “I live with my mother who is a single parent and due to frustration, she resorted to Alcoholism which became

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PROMOTING HEALTHY DIETS FOR MOTHERS AND INFANTS THROUGH NUTRITION EDUCATION-LOBULE MSGs

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To promote optimal infant and young child feeding (IYCF) among other nutrition interventions in the communities, AFOD initiated the formation of the mother support groups integrating it with Village savings and loans association. Under MSGs, four groups were established, …

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A BENEFICIARY OF CASH AID HAS TRANSFORMED INTO A PROGRESSIVE FARMER

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I left South Sudan when the war broke out between the Dinkas and Nuer which left many south Sudanese homeless. Together with my family of nine members, we arrived in Uganda through the Nimule Elegu border and we were relocated to Dzaipi reception centre, from the reception centre, we were resettled at Nyumanzi Refugee Settlement …

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Kepa a Benefactor of the GFA Programme at Chinyi Refugee Settlement, Palorinya

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To supplement the food entitlement I receive through the GFA Programme, I have established a small drug shop at the settlement and joined a village saving and Loan Association due to the financial literacy skills passed on by AFOD during preaddress, this has enabled me to borrow some money to support my drug shop …

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