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Category: Education
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Brass For Africa Visits PLATFORM for the NEEDY, Commends Organization’s Impact
Brass For Africa Visits PLATFORM for the NEEDY, Commends Organization’s Impact Mr.Benard of Brass For Africa and PLANE Staff and Drama members Brass For Africa Visits PLATFORM for the NEEDY, Commends Organization’s Impact Fort Portal Uganda – Brass for Africa, a renowned UK charity that delivers music and life skills education organization, has visited PLATFORM…
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Improving Education Access For Children in Uganda
By Farooq -Canada In 1990, Uganda took a big step for children’s rights by ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. This was crucial for ensuring that Ugandan children receive their basic rights, including education. However, thirty years later, Uganda faces an education crisis known as learning poverty. Learning poverty means…
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The Impact Of Child Abuse On A Child
The Impact of Child Abuse The Impact of Child Abuse By Dr. Anil Nepali, Global Ambassador of PLATFORM for the NEEDY Child abuse is a pervasive issue involving mistreatment, neglect, or harm inflicted upon children, typically by adults or caregivers responsible for their well-being. It manifests in various forms, each causing profound physical, emotional, and…
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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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PLANE introduces peer clubs to keep pregnant girls, teenage mothers in schools
PLATFORM for the NEEDY (PLANE) has introduced peer clubs to keep pregnant girls and teenage mothers in school. The clubs will constitute pregnant girls, teenage mothers and selected learners, and will be used to fight stigma against teenage pregnancies and sexual abuse, as well as encourage survivors of sexual abuse to remain at school and…
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PLANE Donates Scholastic Materials To Vulnerable Children
PLATFORM for the NEEDY (PLANE) has bequeathed scholastic materials to the vulnerable children of Central division, Fort Portal City. The donation comes as children prepare to return to school after two years of closure over the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 60 needy children were selected from Bukwali ward, Futibutakwangwa and Isekahungu, Kacwamba Central division. The…
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PWDs demand improved access to reproductive health services
Persons with Disabilities in the Rwenzori region of Western Uganda are demanding members of parliament to enact laws that ease access to reproductive health services. People with Disabilities (PWDs) from the districts ofย ย Kabarole, Ntoroko, Bundibugyo and Kasese specifically want a house-to-house delivery of family-planning services to households accommodating PWDs. The chairperson of the Bundibugyo District…
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Uganda’s teen pregnancy rates 5x higher than COVID-19 cases
About 644,955 pregnancies were recorded during the COVID-19 lockdown in Uganda, according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Figures from the agency indicate that since March 2020, when COVID-19 hit the world, an estimated 354,736 teenage pregnancies were reported following the closure of all schools in the country for at least eight months. An…