A 26 billion (6.5 million Euro) project to promote Climate Smart Agriculture in northern Uganda has been launched. Climate Smart Agriculture enhances the resilience of farming communities against effects of climate change. The four-year project seeks to benefit 25,000 small holder farmers in seven districts in northern Uganda—Lira, Oyam, Kitgum, Agago, Dokolo, Amolatar and Napak. […]

The most rampant deaths in Acholi are for older adults who pass for elders of the community. These people became elders in the community by virtue of surviving the two decades of war of annihilation in Northern Uganda. Many of these men and women are young, in their 50s and 60s, who inherited the burden […]