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  • Our favorite Historical Figure

    Okot p’Bitek (1931-1982) tops our list of favorite historical figures of all time. His ancestral origin is Gulu in Greater Northern Uganda, our strategic area of operation. He was he Winner of the 1972 Kenyatta Prize for Literature and at the time of his death he was a Professor of Creative Writing. He was a…

  • Gift of good eye sight

    “Greetings to you, I trust you are well. This is to inform you that we have been having a series of outreaches in our communities performing eye screening and eye health education in both local communities and schools. We have so far managed to distribute 52 reading glasses. Teachers have shown great gratitude after receiving…

  • Light the world through truth

    Today, 3rd June 2025, was the 140th Uganda Martyrs Day commemoration. Reportedly, more than 600,000 pilgrims from around the world attended the celebrations at the Namugogo Martyrs’ Shrine. The Most Reverend Archbishop Emeritus Henry Luke Orombi, the 7th Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, delivered the sermon at the protestant side of the shrine. He…

  • Monkey Pox (Mpox) outbreak in Uganda

    As at 29th April 2025 reliefweb alerted that “Uganda was reporting the highest number of confirmed Mpox cases globally, with 200 to 300 new cases reported by week.” Read more in “Multi-country outbreak of mpox external situation report #51 – 29/4/2025” As of 1st April 2025, World Health Organisation notified that Uganda had registered 4,913…

  • Knowledge is a gift that keeps on giving – spotlight on Oluka

    “I believe in innovation to solve poverty, starting with myself initiating a business to supplement my income.” This is what Oluka Robert told us way back in 2020, as CPAR Uganda recruited its first cohort for its successful pilot project “mentoring young adults in Uganda into innovators against poverty.” In 2021, after he had successfully…

  • Dr. Paul David Hargrave (1952-1998)

    Paul David Hargrave was born in Toronto, Ontario on June 25, 1952 to parents Thomas and Phyllis Hargrave. He was a younger brother to Lynne (born 1946) and Barry (1942). As a young boy, Paul had asthma and the resulting breathing problems limited his ability for vigorous activity. However, he excelled in school and was…

  • Knowledge sharing

    Knowledge sharing mostly via our website is a key part of our mission and it is also a major way in which we stay involved in the community. For example, the most viewed post, “Population of Uganda 45.9 million,” on our blog last year, contains a user-friendly summary of the Uganda National Population Census Report…

  • It’s labor day toxic work environment

    Do you have a quote you live your life by or think of often? Those quotes that help us, as an employer, to check ourselves and ensure no toxic work environments thrives in our work life. We spend a great part of our lives at work. It would be nice that where we work is…

  • EACOP in Uganda – the people and land tenure

    In Uganda, 296 kilometers of the 1,443 kilometer East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) owned by TotalEnergies E&P Uganda (62% shareholding) will be installed. This land-based investment, when completed, will be buried underground, traversing 25 sub-counties in 10 districts of Uganda – 7 in Buganda Kingdom and 3 in Bunyoro Kingdom. Source @ EACOP The…

  • Still struggling post Covid-19

    How have you adapted to the changes brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic? Perhaps, the change we are still most uncomfortable with, that was exacerbated by COVID-19, is that whole thing of holding meetings online, even when in the same village, town, city; sometimes, even in the same building! The normalization that it is okay…