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  • May Easter be filled with acts of generosity & kindness

    May Easter be filled with acts of generosity & kindness

    The Little by Little campaign is GlobalGiving’s act of kindness in which it is matching 50 percent donations up to US$ 50 (Ug. shs. 200,000). It is not too late, there are still 16 more hours left before the campaign ends today, Good Friday, 7th April 2023, at midnight (Uganda time). Projects by two young…

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  • CPAR’s gift of healthcare services to Uganda

    CPAR’s gift of healthcare services to Uganda

    It was nice to see a Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief (CPAR) branded stretcher published in the New Vision as part of #UgandaAt60 commemoration messages. CPAR has indeed contributed a lot to the Uganda health sector. Case in point, in addition, for example, from 1992 – 2008 CPAR constructed and equipped 11 health centres…

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  • A mentor’s journey of continuous learning

    A mentor’s journey of continuous learning

    As the lead mentor for our “Mentoring young adults in Uganda into innovators against poverty”, as I begun to prepare my notes for a mentoring session on fundraising, I felt unsure. So, I decided to tap into the wealth of knowledge provided us through the GlobalGiving Platform.  I thought, let me do a quick refresher…

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  • FAQs

    FAQs

    Answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) about CPAR Uganda. If your question is not answered here, please do not hesitate to ask us via comment to this post and or via email to info@cparuganda.com. FAQ 1: CPAR Uganda Ltd is a company, does this mean that it is not a not-for-profit organisation and that it…

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  • RDC Implicated in Landgrab in Connivance with UETCL

    RDC Implicated in Landgrab in Connivance with UETCL

    While she was the Oyam Resident District Commissioner (RDC), Akullu Gillian Omara, colluded with Ogwang Robert Charles (while he was Oyam Deputy Chief Administrative Officer), Ekwaro Robert – Chairman LC III Loro Sub-County and Ogo Denis (while he was Loro Sub-County Chief), henceforth to be referred to as the Loro 4, to grab developed land…

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  • Micro loans helping Margie’s vending business grow

    Micro loans helping Margie’s vending business grow

    “My name is Margie, from Kacilo Village, Sangai Parish, Ochelakur Sub-County. I tried to borrow from many people from whom I hoped to get money from but I failed. I also had a group where we save some little monies, but it was like every member from the group needed money, so the group committee…

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  • CPAR Uganda bought 6.2 acres from Abila Fred in Alica

    CPAR Uganda bought 6.2 acres from Abila Fred in Alica

    CPAR Uganda would like to notify the general public that on 27th March 2007 we entered into agreement with Abila Fred (since deceased) to buy approximately 6.194 acres of land (48 plots, each measuring 35X15M) in Alica Village in Loro-Sub-County in Oyam District. The said land belonged to the descendants of late Nebokadoneza Okuku. This…

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  • Withdraw from 1.33 billion shillings project

    Withdraw from 1.33 billion shillings project

    CPAR Uganda notifies the general public that it has prematurely ended its partnership with School of International Development, University of East Anglia (UEA) when it withdrew from being an implementing partner for the project: “Challenging Categories: Educated Unemployed Youth as Institutional Innovators in Rural Uganda,” which received a grant award of GBP 298,658 (about 1.33…

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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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  • Grassroots Project – women access to finance

    Grassroots Project – women access to finance

    500 WOMEN OF OCHELAKUR SUB-COUNTY ACCESS FINANCE project is the first in a series of projects under our RURAL DEVELOPMENT INNOVATION PROGRAMME that we officially launched this month. WE ARE TARGETING TO RAISE 10 M (TEN MILLION SHILLINGS) as seed money for establishing and growing a loan scheme fund through which 500 women will access…

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