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  • Video – Menstrual Hygiene Management Campaign

    The video for our proposed Menstrual Hygiene Management Campaign was published on our YouTube channel ten days ago. Click here to watch it, it is under ten minutes. So far, it has been well received judging from the with reactions and feedback from listeners and viewers. “It is a brilliant discussion. Thank you for championing…

  • Join us to thank Associate Expert Marianne Nkwanzi

    For some, especially those responsible for producing financial reports and filing income tax returns with the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), last week was a nerve racking busy week. The deadline to file income tax returns was last Friday, 30th June. Well, for us at CPAR Uganda, what used to be a daunting task is no…

  • Kumam ‘big man’ owns more than others own

    Initially in Kumam culture, being a ‘big man’ was earned from inheritance. For example, when the father died, it was the first born male child who inherited the cattle riches; owned all of the land that was his father’s. He took over the position of the late father and automatically he became a ‘big man’…

  • Greatness is earned by working hard

    My grandfather, abaa dwong Otim Raymond, is a very interesting man. He decided to add to his name: ”Gi Nono Pe Nayi”, meaning: “don’t get so used to free things.” He even marked most of his assets like chairs, benches and others, with his new name, “Gi Nono Pe Nayi Otim Raymond.” He did so,…

  • What qualifies as an NGO in Uganda?

    These are the facts: Featured image @ Mr. Okello Stephen, Executive Director National NGO Bureau (2023)

  • Menstrual pads take 800 years to decompose!

    I dropped by Nkumba landfill that caters for Entebbe Municipality. During the short time, under 30 minutes, that I spent there, I was appalled. I found mostly women scavenging – sorting and extracting that which can be re-used and or recycled. Immediately visible were piles of collapsed cardboard boxes and sucks of plastics – mostly…

  • Moral restrictions on work of nonprofit organisations

    With effect from 2023, CPAR Uganda has intentions to intervene in Pallisa District and to include Pallisa among its geographic area of coverage. And so, our Managing Director did receive the invitation letter, inviting non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to a meeting with the Pallisa Resident District Commissioner. Due to engagements prior scheduled, our Managing Director was…

  • Uganda’s Markets Act 2023 is a welcome development

    Wrangles between market vendors and city or municipal authorities are increasing and escalating to uncomfortable levels throughout Uganda. In most cases, vendors feel city or municipal authorities do not listen to them and that the authorities manage markets in an authoritarian and dictatorial manner. “It is unfair as vendors are making losses and leaders are…

  • Menstrual hygiene campaign in the news

    This year, we, at CPAR Uganda, have joined the Menstrual Hygiene Campaign. And we are delighted that as part of our campaign to demand women menstruate with dignity, on menstrual hygiene day, Sunday, 28th May 2023, our Managing Director, Ms. Norah Owaraga, successfully hosted a women’s conversation on menstrual hygiene. The event was well received,…

  • Worrying that 80% of schools don’t have incinerators

    “I remember when we were growing up, we were told, “don’t let a dog sniff on your blood.” These days, you have used a pad and you don’t know where it is ending, wont the dog meet it there?”  A Senior Civil Servant Honestly, at the time, I did not understand that bit about “don’t…