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  • CPAR’s Kitchen in Lira City is now open

    CPAR’s Kitchen in Lira City is now open

    CPAR’S Kitchen located at our Lira Learning Centre on Plot 5 Makerere Road, Lira City; right opposite the Lira City Council (former Lira District Local Government Headquarters) and surrounded by the Lira City Golf Course has re-opened for business. With effect from Tuesday, 11th April 2023, we will be open Monday to Saturday, from 07:00…

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  • CPAR Reading Room in Lira City now open

    CPAR Reading Room in Lira City now open

    The CPAR Uganda Reading Room at our Lira Learning Centre on Plot 5 Makerere Road, Lira City; right opposite the Lira City Council (former Lira District Local Government Headquarters) and surrounded by the Lira City Golf Course has re-opened for business. With effect from Tuesday, 11th April 2023, we will be open Monday to Saturday,…

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  • CPAR Business Centre in Lira City now open

    CPAR Business Centre in Lira City now open

    The CPAR Uganda Business Centre at our Lira Learning Centre on Plot 5 Makerere Road, Lira City; right opposite the Lira City Council (former Lira District Local Government Headquarters) and surrounded by the Lira City Golf Course has re-opened for business. With effect from Tuesday, 11th April 2023, we will be open Monday to Saturday,…

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  • Fundraising for funds to access finance to women

    Fundraising for funds to access finance to women

    During the many months long Covid-19 lock-downs, a young man under our mentorship, Robert Oluka, amazed us with his innovation and generosity when he saved tens of women in his village in Ochelakur Sub-County, in Kalaki District in North-Eastern Uganda.  He did so by using his meagre savings to give small and very low interest…

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  • Fundraising to give welding apprenticeships to youth

    Fundraising to give welding apprenticeships to youth

    Little acts of kindness can make a BIG difference. That’s what GlobalGiving’s Little by Little campaign is all about! From TODAY, Monday,  3rd April 2023 until Good Friday, 7th April 2023, give up to $50 (about Ugx. 190,000) and receive a 50 percent match on your donation. As in if you give: We ask you…

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  • Working towards gender equality in the digital age

    Working towards gender equality in the digital age

    The agreed conclusions adopted by Member States at the 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67) that was held in New York from 6th to 18th March 2023 resonate with the current strategic direction of CPAR Uganda – 2020 to 2030. On the basis of grassroots consultations in our CPAR Uganda…

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  • Facts about where we work – Pallisa District

    Facts about where we work – Pallisa District

    As we explore intervening in Pallisa District, our appreciation is enhanced of how difficult it is to find data on District Local Governments that is packaged in a user friendly way for decision making. Our Managing Director, Ms. Norah Owaraga has innovated and has established Pallisa Facts. Two posts are already up. The first explains…

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  • Policy advocacy on sexual & gender-based violence

    Policy advocacy on sexual & gender-based violence

    Funding available, with overall supervision from our CPAR Uganda Board Chair, Prof. Dr. Christopher Garimoi Orach (PhD, MPH, MMed, DPH, MB ChB; Cert. in Refugee Studies, Cert. in Health Emergencies in Large Pops), our CPAR Uganda Managing Director, Ms. Norah Owaraga (MScDevMgmt(Open); DipDevMgmt(Open); BA Communication Studies), a cultural anthropologist and communication expert, will take the…

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  • Our fight against sexual and gender-based violence

    Our fight against sexual and gender-based violence

    CPAR Uganda plans to identify, train and mentor young people, mostly young women, to become innovators who are able to produce community theatre interventions (drama, poetic recitals, dance, storytelling, music, puppetry, fine art, etc.) and audio-visual content (radio, television, community film, social media and ICT generally) on sexual and gender-based violence in their respective communities.…

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  • Mentoring success – young people develop projects

    Mentoring success – young people develop projects

    Two young adults, beneficiaries of our mentoring programme, have trully come of age as innovators against poverty for their respective rural communities. With guidance from our lead mentor, our two budding innovators, did participatory action research and consultations within their respective communities and on that basis authored a project proposal each. The first one, “500 women of…

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