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  • Happiest New Year

    Thank you for 2025. We do not take your support and contributions for granted. Because of you, we embark on 2026 feeling loved and bursting with hope. Thank you for the amazing work that you do in all your multiple capacities in service of the greater good. Buoyed by the Rom Declaration of the CPAR…

  • Knowledge revived & applied

    Nothing makes us feel nostalgic more than when we see disappearing indigenous knowledge systems of our ancestors revived and applied. A great example, the work of Blessed Organic Release with its Shea and Sesame Value Chains, producing products that it trades under its brand name, Lalida: Shea Blossom Honey – Mano flora from the nectar…

  • Merry Christmas 2025

    It has been a good year for us at CPAR Uganda, during which we and the disadvantaged communities that we serve are experiencing the power of love, hope and goodwill. Our Dr. Paul Hargrave Memorial Centre Human Development Project, which we are jointly implementing with Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief, is off the ground,…

  • When our mission is happening we are happy

    “The Queen’s Fool,” a novel by Philippa Gregory the “bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl” is in our library at the Dr. Paul Hargrave Memorial Centre in Lira City in Northern Uganda. The copy of the novel that we have was the one gifted by The Odell’s & Banrian’s to Christine. How it ended…

  • Grocery items & food sovereignty

    Before we list our top five grocery store items, let us first express our incredulity that each one of them can be grown and available all year in Uganda, but apparently, in Uganda we are consuming large quantities of them from exogenous supplies – from the East African region primarily – Kenya and Tanzania. Listening…

  • Generously gives of his expertise

    Under our Dr. Paul Hargrave Memorial Centre Human Development Project that we are jointly implementing with Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief (CPAR), our lives are positively impacted by the generosity of the kind of man who gives of his knowledge and expertise. This is our answer to today’s daily writing prompt: “Describe a man…

  • Simple money skills for everyday business

    Call for Applications The Problem Sustainability of businesses in Uganda is bleak – “80-90% of startups fail within the first three years.” Many initiatives intended for income generation fail because they do not achieve their intended objective of generating income surpluses.  Every farmer is a business person: In rural areas, where the majority of Ugandans…

  • Meet Atyang…

    “I will never forget the day I arrived at CPAR Uganda. I was feeling nervous and excited about this new chapter in my life. The staff welcomed me with open arms, and I was immediately struck by the warm and supportive atmosphere. I was handed a schedule, shown to the room, and introduced to my…

  • Meet Ecweru…

    “I stood at the taxi stage, anxious, excited, unsure, a place I have never been, that I only knew through the message in my inbox. When I finally arrived at Dr. Paul Hargrave Memorial Centre, the compound was calm. I thought, many stories have passed through this gate. Inside the hall, participants gathered. Some taking…

  • Meet Sabiti…

    “In a faraway land at CPAR Uganda learning very many things as new people in a new environment. During every minute and every hour, we join hand in hand helping each other as we face the same challenges. We were able to see and listen to new ideas brought about by being in a new…