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Uganda – project country profile.
Overview:
Capital: Kampala
Population: 28,195,754 (estimated July 2006)
Population below National Poverty line: 35% (2001 est.)
GDP: $45.97 billion
Life expectancy: 46 years (men), 47 years (women)
Population in extreme poverty:
GDP per capita: $1,800 (2005 EST.)
Religion: Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 18%
Languages: English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda,various Bantu languages , Swahili, Arabic
Climate: tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast
Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda has been hailed as a rare success story in the fight against HIV and AIDS, widely being viewed as the most effective national response to the pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa.
Since the late 1980s Uganda has rebounded from the abyss of civil war and economic catastrophe to become relatively peaceful, stable and prosperous.
In the 1970s and 1980s Uganda was notorious for its human rights abuses, first during the military dictatorship of Idi Amin. Idi Amin was responsible for the deaths of some 300,000 opponents; guerrilla war and human rights abuses under Milton Obote (1980-85) claimed at least another 100,000 lives. The rule of Yoweri Museveni since 1986 has brought relative stability and economic growth to Uganda.
Bóthar in Uganda:
Bóthar has been working in Uganda since 1991. Uganda is the first country that Bóthar ever airlifted Irish animals to, sending the first airlift of 20 in-calf dairy heifers to Uganda in 1992. Bóthar works with a number of different animal species in Uganda including dairy cows, dairy goats, pigs, rabbits and honey bees.
Uganda Project Profile
Nyabushozi Women Goat Cross Breeding Project
Location: Nyabushozi County, Kiruhura District, Mbarara, Uganda
Total number of families to be assisted over the entire course of the project (original animals and supports only): 2,000
Animals: Fodder plants for Goats
Training: in nursery establishment, management and silvi-cultural operations, also in record keeping and proper tree species mixing, additional training in gender equity, marketing, organisational development and human nutrition
Brief synopsis of the project: This agro-forestry project will provide shrubs for goats. It will also aim at environment conservation, and food security of 2,000 needy families
Expected benefits: increase in construction industry, goat population increase, increase in income of the local people, improvement on the food security and foodstuffs for goats
Local partners: Nyabushozi Women Development Association
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