a-country: Uganda
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Addressing gender and social inequalities in child labour programming
In order to strengthen WNCB’s Gender Transformative approach within the programme, a gender assessment was commissioned for each of the 6 countries.
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WNCB Theory of Change
According to most recent estimates 152 million children are victims of child labour, with almost half of them, 73 million, working in hazardous child labour. Although child labour has declined over the past 15 years, progress has dwindled during the last 4 years. Significant efforts will need to be made in order to reach the…
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Uganda: Exchange Visit
The WNCB consortium in Uganda, consisting of Uganda National Teachers’ Union (UNATU), Save the Children Uganda, Nascent Research and Development Organization Uganda (NRDO-U) and Environmental Women in Action for Development (EWAD) received a delegation of international WNCB alliance partners operating in other countries of Africa (Mali & Ivory Coast). The delegation came to be part…
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Consultancy: Stakeholder Mapping & CRBP Training for the formal and informal gold mining sector in Uganda
WNCB is seeking to recruit consultants for Stakeholder Mapping & CRBP Training for the formal and informal gold mining sector in Uganda Type of contract: Consultancy Language required: English Duration: 3 months Start date of the work: 15th September 2022 Completion date: 15th December 2022 Place of work: Busia district (Buteba, Sikuda, Tiira Town Council,…
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Uganda: Empowering Ugandan teachers as a way to increase school enrollment and retention
90 teachers from Nakapiripirit and Moroto districts (Karamoja sub-region), were trained from 6th – 7th August, 2022. The training conducted by UNATU (Uganda National Teachers Union) focused more on providing psycho-social support to the learners and parents experiencing social and other problems that affect learning outcomes, school enrollment and retention. The teachers that received this…
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Teacher training to prevent children dropping out of school
In Uganda, 87 teachers were trained from 8 to 11 April by the education union UNATU to address gender inequality and School Related Gender Based Violence. The training was held in the Nakapiripirit and Moroto districts (Karamoja sub-region), where physical, emotional and sexual forms of violence are among the reasons that explain high school dropout…
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Blog: improving small scale gold mining in Busia, Uganda
By: Akky de Kort, WNCB country lead for Uganda WNCB partners Hivos/Stop Child Labour Coalition, UNICEF and EWAD in Uganda have, together with a consortium of partners, finalized the implementation of the Joint Forces to Tackle Child Labour project in Busia, Uganda. The project supported the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) communities in preventing and…
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Uganda: School opening after two-year closure
10 January 2022 is an important date for children and teachers in Uganda: all schools will be reopened, after a two-year closure caused by the Covid pandemic. In the Nakapiripirit and Moroto districts (Karamoja region), a back to school campaign is currently being implemented by teachers in partnership with the District Education authorities, local councilors…
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Uganda: Talk show about child labour in Moroto
In Uganda, as schools prepare to reopen in January after nearly two years of closure due to the pandemic, the education union UNATU organised a talk show on a popular radio station in Moroto. Aired on 26 November, the talk show aimed to raise awareness of the importance of education. Among other interventions, UNATU leaders…
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Uganda: Nascent RDO extends efforts against child labour
Nascent Research and Development Organization (Nascent RDO) is a partner of the WNCB programme in Uganda, working in the East African Region to promote social change. Since 2019 to date, Nascent RDO is part of the collaborative effort against child labour in Moroto and Nakapiripirit districts in the WNCB programme. See in this link the…