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Year: 2022
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Addressing Child Poverty and Deprivation in Uganda: Challenges and Solutions
By Raissa Batra The situation of children in Uganda is a bleak one. Malnutrition, lack of access to education, exposure to crime are only some of the problems faced by children living in Uganda. 49 out of 1000 children living in Uganda die before their 5th birthday. 29% of children suffer from stunting due to…
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45% Of Ugandan Children At Risk Of Child Labour, Help Create Awareness
By Raissa Batraย The Ten Principles of United Nations Global Impact includes the Fifth Principle of โBusinesses should uphold the effective abolition of child labour.โ Child labour is a form of exploitation and Uganda has been ranked one of the lowest in regard to the situation. Child labour in Uganda has progressed modestly since 2021.…
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Forced Marriage and its Effects
By Raissa Batra from Canada OHCHR defines forced marriage as โa marriage in which one and/or both parties have not personally expressed their full and free consent to the union. Child marriage is considered to be a form of forced marriage, given that one and/or both parties have not expressed full, free and informed…
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PLANE Ambassadors Are โAngels Fulfilling Godโs Missionโ Says Dr. Kabura
By Ainganiza Wadell Steven Dr. Fr. Pascal Kabura Adyeeri has described PLATFORM for the NEEDY (PLANE) volunteers as โAngels sent by Godโ to fulfill his mission to serve and support his people. Dr. Fr. Kabura, the director Bishop Magambo Counselor Institute Virika, Fort Portal diocese and Board member of PLANE, commended PLANE Global Ambassadors and…
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PLANE Volunteers Transforming Lives Through Community Education Project
By Ainganiza Wadell Steven PLATFORM for the NEEDY (PLANE) Volunteers are transforming the lives of Ugandans through the Community Education Project. In April 2022, Peato Wangweera (PLANE software volunteer and student in the USA)ย launched a campaign to raise funds to support the education of Ugandan vulnerable children.ย ย The campaign, dubbed โCommunity Education Project,โ was…
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Teen Pregnancy in Uganda: The Alarming Rise and What We Can Do About It
Why should my fun have to end? I thought that this was just the beginning. I see my friends go out to have fun. And all I can do is watch as they drive by. As they set forth to discover their youth, I’m well on my way towards ending my own. โ A…
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Ugandaโs Stolen Innocence Child Marriage
By Ronaish Arshad Content Creator/Researcher&Marketing Abu Dhabi UAE The day has come. Hands cower in fear while sealed lipsโones which feel as though they were sown with needles of submissionโscream in an almost deafening silence. Rights & dignity present themselves as mere grains of her existence, invisible grains sought after only by the most intellectual…
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PLANE & Rwenzori Diocese Donate To Needy Family
PLATFORM for the NEEDY (PLANE) and Voice of Tooro and Rwenzori diocese with their friends Tooro American Association to donate an assortment of items to the needy family of Kato Samuel who has been bedridden after sustaining a head injury in a motor accident. The items delivered include soap, sugar, salt, posho, cooking oil, bread,…
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How Can We Protect Our Communities From Gender Based Violence?
By Dr. Elizabeth Hygnes Integration of the genders and raising awareness of not only the issues but also the impacts might help to protect our communities. Once we see clearly how the others are struggling, we can avoid heading into a darker life. A man will beat a woman due to a lack of control…