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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Valentina Calcaterra & Maria Luisa Raineri - Department of Sociology, Catholic University of Milan,

This article presents the research of the project "Giving Young People a Voice: Advocacy in Children’s Homes," which evaluated the implementation of a visiting advocacy project and services provided by an independent advocate working in children's homes in Italy.  

Catholic Relief Services,

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is hiring a Child Protection and Alternative Care Senior Technical Advisor (STA) is to provide leadership in CRS' efforts serving vulnerable children who are living in residential care or at risk of entering residential care and instead, to promote family-based care.

Global Social Service Workforce Alliance (GSSWA),

The Global Social Service Workforce Alliance is seeking a Senior Technical Advisor for Social Service Workforce Strengthening (STA).

Denver Frederick - ,

In this Business of Giving podcast episode, Denver Frederick interviews Catholic Relief Services President and CEO Sean Callahan about "Changing the Way We Care," a collaborative project between CRS, Lumos, and Maestral International and semi-finalist for the MacArthur Foundation 100&Change competition. 

Hannah Blumhardt, ATD Fourth World UK, and Anna Gupta - Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work,

This report examines and shares learnings from ATD Fourth World UK's social work practice framework with families experiencing poverty, discussing its strengths-based collaborative approach to build relationships and reduce power imbalances between practitioners and families. Implications for the feasibility of implementing this framework in child protection social work practice and policy in Aotearoa New Zealand is also addressed. 

Catholic Relief Services ,

Catholic Relief Services (CRS)/4Children is recruiting for a Case Management Rapid Response (CMRR) Program Manager in Uganda. 

Catholic Relief Services ,

CRS is recruiting for a 4Children Mozambique Program Manager (PM), who will provide overall project management and technical leadership to 4Children's project in Mozambique.

The Free Press Journal ,

Juvenile homes and other care insitutions discussed at plenary session of the State Conference on Juvenile Justice and Capacity Building in Bhopal, India, calling for the development of mechanisms in foster care and sponsorship due to the lacking capacity for institutions to care for children. 

Mark Townsend - The Guardian ,

Thousands of children arrive at Kokata's Sealdah Station alone each year; unknown hundreds of those children are abducted and trafficked into slavery or the sex trade. 

Aishvarya Singh - HuffPost South Africa ,

This article from the HuffPost blog discusses the negative impact orphanages have on children's physical, mental and emotional development.