E-bikes are boosting rural healthcare, powering business and cutting CO2 emissions in eastern Uganda. A government-backed ...

In Uganda, contraceptive uptake in rural areas remains critically low compared to urban centres and national averages. For many women in these communities, using contraception is not merely a health ...

Five new freshwater wells will soon be drilled in rural areas of Uganda, financed by another highly successful Walk4Water in ...

Teach For Uganda (TFU) marked a significant milestone with a graduation ceremony for Cohorts 6 and 7 at Happy Wallet Hotel in Bugiri, celebrating Fellows who have completed two-year teaching ...

Even in the mountains of rural East Africa, there’s the synagogue you go to and the one you don’t. NABUGOYE, Uganda (JTA) — On Fridays at sundown, the Jewish residents of this village set amid the ...

2003-12-07 04:00:00 PDT Tororo, Uganda-- Bedridden for months and racked with fever, Margaret Achieng this August could feel her life slipping away. AIDS was about to take her, as it had her police ...

LIRA, Uganda (AP) — The bicycle parked in Lucy Abalo’s compound doesn’t belong to her. Any one of the hundreds of people in her village can show up and ask to use it. A man might wish to take his ...

The termination of USAID governance programs has hollowed out civic education networks that once reached rural and first-time ...

European Investment Bank, Development Bank of Austria and Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries (BIO) confirm US$ 40 million support for new initiative. Improved telecom infrastructure ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

When Chris Ategeka was 9, his younger brother died while Ategeka was helping to carry him to the nearest hospital — 10 miles from their village in Fort Portal, Uganda. There was no quicker way to get ...

The youngest who is profiled is only 10 years old. Her name is Jovia Aber, and she works at a quarry on the weekends to pay for school supplies. She wants to be a doctor. The oldest is Akello Olga.