A visit to our ADRA farm in Uganda
In Uganda, we met people who live in Kyaka II camp as refugees from Congo, South Sudan, Burundi and Rwanda. These encounters are filled with mixed feelings as each one has a unique and often very difficult story to tell. „We are happy to be able to help at least some of them thanks to your support,“ says our director [...]
New reinforcement on the farm
Our monitoring trip to Uganda was combined with the introduction of a new SlovakAid volunteer, Anička, to ADRA Uganda. Anička will be working in Kyaka II refugee camp, where we have been running farmer trainings for many years. In addition to her farming skills, she will also use her teaching experience here to build relationships with the local children. But before we cross the borders of the refugee camp, [...]
Trainings for trainers
The training program for TOTs continues at our farm. We have engaged another 50 smallholder farmers, 35 of whom are refugees and 15 are from the local community. Each farmer-trainer is passing on his experience as well as tools and seeds to at least 10 more of his neighbours. Together, this cycle will help more than 550 more families to make a living from their own gardens, but [...]
Sweswe Hospital
Surviving in the Kayaka II refugee area is not easy. Although there is no hunger, everyone has a home and a small garden, the children have a school, just not to get sick!
Children belong in school
We visited a school in the Kyjaka II refugee camp to meet the children supported by the HelpKids programme for families from Slovakia.
Kampala school in the slum
We visited a school in a slum on the outskirts of Kampala and met with children supported by HelpKids families from Slovakia.
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