Adjumani District, Kureku East village, Bacere Parish, Ofua Sub County Caption: AFOD staff, teachers, parents of the girl and boy in a negotiation meeting for the girl to return to school Raleo Kevin, a 16 year old who was studying in Kureku primary school in primary seven got married to man in Ukusijoni Sub County […]
Early marriage not a solution to my future Read More »
Caption: Marion the mother and Kennedy 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
A happy Kennedy at last Read More »
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
Orphaned at 1 month, a survivor from oedema Read More »
Caption: Mother and the twins Nnalongo is a 31 year old mother from Alutura village, Lurujo parish, Lobule sub-county in Koboko district. She has Male twins; Kato and Wasswa. Kato was found to be suffering from moderate acute malnutrition. In June, Nnalongo the mother and Ssalongo the father realized that Kato was constantly losing weight,
A ray of hope for the twins Kato and Wasswa Read More »
Caption: AFOD team having a dialogue with Anzoa parents. 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
Championing efforts to help young people stay in school in Adjumani District Read More »
Caption: AFOD staff during a monitoring visit 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
A one year and 4 months old regained from moderate acute malnutrition. Read More »
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
Targeted supplementary feeding programme saves Calvin’s life, Koboko district, Uganda. Read More »
AFOD staff during a dialogue with Family members of Endreo Gladys 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,
In this community, the youth in general had several problems 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 information and services that are related
SEXUAL REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH KNOWLEDGE FOR LIFE Read More »