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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Save the Children,

Save the Children International is looking to hire a Senior Coordinator, Child Protection, Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, to be based in its Geneva office.

Lucy Westcott - Newsweek,

Nine survivors of the children’s home fire in Guatemala were flown to the U.S. for burn treatment.

Amitha Kalaichandran, The Canadian Press - rdnewsnow,

The political situation in the U.S. drives unaccompanied minors across the border to Canada where their futures are uncertain.

Global Social Service Workforce Alliance,

In advance of World Social Work Day, the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance invites you to join a webinar that will share advocacy tools and promotional resources being developed to champion the important role of social workers in three countries: Cambodia, Indonesia and the United States

Abhishek Saraswat & Sayeed Unisa - Journal of Health and Social Sciences,

This study investigated the psychosocial distress and coping mechanisms of institutionalized children living in New Delhi, India. 

Kara Vickery, Jessica Marszalek, The Courier-Mail,

Article from The Courier Mail reports that foster families are carrying the heaviest burden in taking care of children in need of care.

Disability Rights International,

Entre el 7 y 11 de marzo de 2017, investigadores de Disability Rights International (DRI) viajaron a Guatemala para entrevistar los sobrevivientes de vivienda institucional. Este documento presente la información recopilada y las recomendaciones de DRI a Guatemala.

Disability Rights International,

DRI’s main finding is that survivors of the fire at Hogar Seguro Virgen de la Asunción face immediate danger – including detention in other institutions where they face continued segregation and abuse.

Mike Douris - Mission News Network,

This article from Mission News Network covers the complicated history of orphanages in Guatemala.

Fidelis Mbah,

Street children in Nigeria face risks of being recruited by terrorist organizations.  This program held by American University of Nigeria hopes to reduce children’s risks of recruitment.