Kampala’s free-wheeling and fearless skaters were sliding their way through the streets, handing out the May issue of the Black Monday Newsletter to the Kampala morning traffic dwellers.
We engaged the communities we work in for 2 weeks leading up to our 30 Years jubilee November 28th. It was a unique chance for decision makers to listen to the voices of the people. But also a lot of...
Millions will go hungry if leaders fail to invest in smallholder farming. Women farmers, in particular, are a vital but seldom seen as part of the solution.
ActionAid Australia’s campaign The Other You connects people like you, who want to fight injustice, with ActionAid Activists overseas who are doing just that.
Deep In the rural eastern part of Busoga, I am hard at work but cannot shake off a head and body ache that’s been nagging at me for days. I need to get somebody to check me out but my health provider...
They are two youth school drops out, full of life and themselves. They walk with swagger towards me as if the world owes them everything, but as they approach they drop the swag and politely say...
Grace from Uganda has been campaigning with ActionAid in Denmark against harmful biofuels that take away food from the poor and vulnerable. Read his reflections on ignorance in the global village....
The car was branded "ActionAid". It means "We don't give you kitu kidogo"By Francis Akorikin [ibimage==17353==thumb_small==none==self==ibimage_right==]If the car you have arrested is from...
The Black Monday Movement acclaimed at a high level dialogue on Public Sector Accountability. Monday 6thMay 2013 was quite a fulfilling day for the Black Movement despite the fact that logistical...
ActionAid Uganda Chairperson James Otto boldly addresses district Leaders from Acholi Sub Region. We have always heard and or used the phrase ‘in black and white’ or ‘calling a spade a spade’. Beyond...
It was exactly one month after the International Women’s Day when Uganda’s ruling party, NRM (National Resistance Movement) held a caucus for their MPs and essentially threw the Marriage and Divorce...
I am really disturbed by the nature of News I watch, read and listen to these days. I felt this way one evening some time back as I was about 400km away from the capital of Uganda, where I have...
GBV survivors cannot get legal help because police and health workers are ignorant about legal meansBy Ambrose Atusasire Adison, Project Officer - Women Protection Centre, BwaiseAcross the country...
As I grow older, I have learnt to appreciate that for effective change to happen it must be gradual. I have also learnt that YOU can be the change you would like to see. It does not matter how many...
What is the importance of rocks to man? I would have loved to hear some responses from you, the reader. Perhaps you can outline before you read on. Well, for me, after my visit to Kotido District,...
I thought you were my daughter! I do not want to hear anything about that. This was the response I got from a minister in Ugandan government when I tried to pass on a Black Monday Bulletin....
The operating environment of advocacy and human rights organisations whose work, not just supplements or compliments, government but challenges status quo will be further constrained in the...
November 12th, was a day of mourning. ActionAid closed all offices across Uganda to show solidarity with the victims of theft in Uganda and to show our contempt towards abuse and misappropriation of...
I have managed to educate my 6 children to University level through farming and now am now taking care of 6 dependentsSays Polly Apio small holder woman famer who has beaten all odds to earn a...
Tolofisa carried all burdens in the household while her husband would do nothing. Thanks to the Unpaid Care Work Project they are now sharing the work load and even their relationship has improved.
The Australian government has funded a $2m (about sh5.2b) project geared at improving food security and education in four flood-prone districts of eastern Uganda.
Activista of Action Aid Uganda joined the rest of the world in celebrating International Youth Day in Kabale district in western Uganda.They marked the event by holding an exhibition at Kabale...
