Charcoal is important for most rural homesteads which are out of the reach of electricity and even for the urban poor or even those grappling with economic shortages. It provides an affordable source of fuel. This creates a dilemma because forests are prime in curbing negative climate change. Charcoal is also useful in making cosmetic products, for teeth hygiene and as a drug.
Uganda hit the highest teenage pregnancy rate in East Africa in 2022. According to UNICEF the pregnancy rate is at 25%. The misfortune of that, is a good number are teenagers of the age range 13 to 19 years of age. Alot has emerged regarding parents detachment from disciplining their children and it was clear during COVID lockdowns
Public Funded Projects are mostly business or development initiatives not limited to enterprises, infrastructure and funds. These in themselves are income generators and have potential of generating interest. When the public comes in, driven by a cause to fund such projects they deserve to be awarded accountability, participation, results and reward.
United Nations Population Fund in 2021 reported in its study that Uganda registered 354,736 teenage pregnancies’ in 2020. Between January and September 2021, 290,219 more were added to the negative statistics. It was further noted that this meant there were 32,000 cases recorded by month.
Years back a thief had to use a lot of brain work to break a safe or break into a house until they learned that lying and emotional games were the key to their success. Today a lot of approaches are thought through and combined into a tasty and believable lie to rob unsuspecting people. It is no-longer only about pick pocketing and snatching, but has taken the form of using high end methods.
As World Toilet day comes back to the fore this year. It is important that one of the challenges most women and girls face is addressed. That is infections picked off contaminated toilet sits.
As the country crawls through a tough economic period and parents are unable to meet the needs of their children. Many children feel rejected and are squeezed between a hard rock and cliff.
In a world where men are not sure they are men and women are not sure they are women. What is certain is uncertain. Over centuries of work, humans considered themselves as the most rational of all animals.
As a scholar in Gender and Leadership there indicators that mark a woman’s capability and Queen Elizabeth scored highly in all. These include: 70 years of leadership and the image of Britain grew stronger, even after colonialism the Common wealth remained a symbol of unity corresponding to the leadership of her Majesty. She lived through 7 decades of leadership with constant socio-economic change but never wavered. She swam through the…
Cause Effect Initiative Limited has environment as one of its core interests given the fact that the environment provides the medicinal, nutritional and life supporting therapy humanity needs and yet humanity has turned guns of what matters more. As the Ugandan wetland and forest coverage continues to shrink. President Yoweri Museveni’s recent calls for Environmental preservation are a great hope. Hence the zoom conversation Cause Effect Initiative Limited is organising…
