Uganda

Demographic Data

  • Total Population: 37.78 million
  • Population under 15 years: 48%
  • Life Expectancy at Birth: 59 years
  • Human Development Index: 163 out of 188
  • World Bank Status: Low income
  • HIV/AIDS Prevalence (age 15-49): 7.3%
  • Mean Household Composition: 4.9 persons
  • Female-Headed Households: 29.5%
  • Early Marriage (% of children married by 18 years): 40%

Sources: World Bank, UNICEF, UNDP HDR 2015, DHS 2011

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Better Care Network,

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 

Better Care Network,

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 

Intrepid Travel,

This post is part of the Better Volunteering Better Care Initiative’s month-long spread of articles aimed at raising awareness around the issues of orphanage volunteering. The post, from Intrepid Travel, lists six reasons not to visit or volunteer in orphanages.

Eric Hartman - Stanford Social Innovation Review,

This post is part of the Better Volunteering Better Care Initiative’s month-long spread of articles aimed at raising awareness around the issues of orphanage volunteering. The post shines light on the darkside of volunteering and voluntourism, particularly as the trend grows among young people taking a “gap year.”

Gretta Schifano - Mums Do Travel,

This post is part of the Better Volunteering Better Care Initiative’s month-long spread of articles aimed at raising awareness around the issues of orphanage volunteering. The post succinctly lists 10 reasons not to volunteer in orphanages.

Angela Hawke and Alison Raphael - ECPAT International & Defence for Children-ECPAT Netherlands,

This report aims to raise awareness and spur action from governments, the tourism industry and civil society organisations to end the sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism (SECTT).

Kathryn van Doore, Florence Martin & Anna McKeon - Better Volunteering Better Care,

This paper provides an overview of international volunteering, or “voluntourism,” and its potential vulnerability to child sexual exploitation, particularly in residential care centres. 

UNICEF,

The purpose of this consultancy is to build knowledge about the different forms of, and approaches to, arranging alternative care for children in communities in Cambodia, including pagoda-based care. 

Global Study on Sexual Exploitation of Children in Travel and Tourism - ECPAT,

This brief from ECPAT's Global Study on Sexual Exploitation of Children in Travel and Tourism defines the term "voluntourism" and its risks to children, with a focus on orphanage voluntourism.

GHR Foundation,

GHR Foundation has developed an initiative called the Sister Support initiative which engages and help build capacity of Catholic sisters in Uganda in providing care for vulnerable children and children living outside of family care.