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Uganda’s ‘Urban Refugees’ – CBC The World This Weekend

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Adam Bemma — Leave a comment

KAMPALA, Uganda – As the violent conflict in South Sudan deepens, many people are fleeing to their next door neighbour. South Sudan is now the world’s fourth largest refugee situation behind Syria, Afghanistan, and Somalia, according to UNHCR, the UN’s…

Tagged with: Arua, CBC Listen, CBC Radio-Canada, CBC The World This Weekend, conflict, kampala, migration, refugee settlements, Refugees, settlement, South Sudan, South Sudan civil war, Uganda, Uganda refugee law, urban refugees, violence
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Uganda: Teacher leaves classroom behind but keeps educating

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Adam Bemma — Leave a comment

John Kaganga is transforming the lives of rural youth. The retired teacher is inspiring young people to pick up their hoes and build a brighter future in Kasejjere village, 70 kilometres northwest of Kampala, Uganda’s capital city. Mr. Kaganga says:…

Tagged with: agriculture, Eastern and Southern Africa Small-scale farmers Forum, ESAFF, John Kaganga, kampala, Kasejjere village, Kikandwa Environmental Association, Uganda, Young Farmers, Yvette Ampaire
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Uganda: Urban residents turn to vegetables and chickens to improve their lives

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Adam Bemma — Leave a comment

Ruth Nalunkuma sits on her front doorstep and gazes at her kitchen garden. The 47-year-old mother of five grows fruit and vegetables in a garden outside her tiny home in Kigoowa, a suburb eight kilometres northeast of central Kampala. Mrs.…

Tagged with: agriculture, Catholic Church, CBS Radio Buganda, FRW, kampala, Kamwokya Christian Caring Community, kitchen garden, peri-urban agriculture, poultry farming, small-scale farmers, Uganda, women farmers
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Uganda Women Farmers Lack Access to Critical Information via Radio

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Adam Bemma — Leave a comment

KAMPALA, Uganda – I traveled across Uganda, last May, to conduct focus group discussions with smallholder farmers on the impact of the My Children radio drama, produced by Farm Radio International and Harvest Plus Uganda. This radio drama taught farmers…

Tagged with: access to radio, agriculture, farm radio international, Harvest Plus, information, kampala, My children, radio, radio drama, Uganda, women farmers
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