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  • CPAR Uganda a GlobalGiving partner in good standing

    Thank you for hosting a GlobalGiving Field team member at CPAR Uganda Ltd this year! GlobalGiving’s site visits are an important part of our work, and our team is always so excited to be able to meet, support, and learn from our nonprofit partners in-person. We appreciate your taking time from your important work to meet with…

  • Ambassador Nelson Ocheger our supporter

    His Excellency Ambassador Nelson Ocheger, the High Commissioner, Uganda High Commission, Abuja –Nigeria, and who also oversees other countries in West Africa, is one of our cherished supporters. It is not surprising that when we emailed him that our Reading Room, a crucial component of our mentoring programme, was now open and we were inviting…

  • First cohort of youth in training – dates set

    We have set the dates for receiving our first cohort of 25 young adults for their first mentoring session with under our“Mentoring Young Adults in Uganda into Innovators against poverty” project. From 6th January to 1st February 2020 our first cohort will be in training. The modifications to our Lira Learning Centre, the epicentre for…

  • The reading room is ready

    Our reading room is ready for use. It is located within the CPAR Uganda Lira Learning Centre on Plot 5 Makerere Road in Lira Municipality, right opposite the Lira District Local Government Offices; and within a serene environment that is ideal for academics, researchers and other practitioners to dig into vast resources and to generate…

  • Establishment of CPAR Uganda Centres

    We are delighted with our progress in transforming our base camps into centres of excellence. Our Lira Centre is near completion and is essentially already in use. It is located on Plot 5 Makerere Road, in Lira City, a prime location, right opposite the Lira Hotel and neighbouring the golf course. Within a serene environment,…

  • History – CPAR Uganda Ltd established

    In 2008, as part of its indigenisation programme Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief (CPAR) facilitated the transformation of its Uganda Country Office and Country Programme into an independent non-profit organisation. On 5th September 2008, CPAR, in accordance with the prevailing laws of Uganda of the time, wrote to the Registrar of Companies informing of…

  • Research – findings TB on rise in Uganda

    Dr Stavia Turyahabwe, Programme Manager, Uganda National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme, agreed with research findings of CPAR Uganda’s investigation into pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in Uganda, which found that TB is on the increase in Uganda. This was revealed in a story: “Tuberculosis on the rise in northern Uganda,” which was published on 20th July…

  • DFCU NGO corporate social investment versus CSR

    On Friday, 16th March 2018, at the invitation of DFCU Bank, in my capacity as the Managing Director of CPAR Uganda Ltd, a not-for-profit development organisation, I participated in a DFCU Conversation that was themed: “Let’s Talk the Future of NGOs.” The event that was held at Imperial Royal for executives of non-governmental organisations (NGOs)…

  • Impact Report 2016

    Health and Livelihoods Promotion Promoted growing, consumption and sale of Hibiscus Sabdarrifa and which was adopted by 43 smallholder farmers. For more insights read “Promoting Hibiscus Sabdariffa” Our staff members embraced our food gardens in place of grass lawns value chain. They actively set up gardens on the grounds of our centers growing leafy green…

  • Food systems & agriculture

    “The elusive nexus between the endogenous and the exogenous food systems within the context of Uganda’s agriculture,” research study was conducted. The Agriculture Policy Report that resulted from it was accepted by Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa (OSIEA) in May 2017. Policy Report is available on request In the context of climate change, the…