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Government, private sector announce ambitious plan to eradicate corruption in business
William YEKA | 12-05-2022
The government and private sector have today announced an ambitious plan to eradicate corruption in the business sector. They made the pronouncement at a breakfast meeting in Protea Hotel this morning. Enabel Country Representative Tom Vanneste said the initiative is part of a 3-year skills...
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Enabel shares actions implemented through the Human Rights-Based Approach in the NTCs - Uganda
Peace NERIMA | 03-05-2022
Enabel, in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Sports through the Teacher Training Education Project (TTE) project, integrates and implements the Human Rights-Based Approach in all its activities focusing on three main areas; digitalization, gender and climate. Hellen Namyalo, Monitoring...
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Enabel supports MoH roll out the Digitalised RBF System
Agnes KABAIKYA | 20-04-2022
Enabel working with the Ministry of Health is scaling down the use of electronic RBF reporting system in the whole country. Starting with the district verification teams, the LSF teams together with the MoH officials have travelled across regions to train verification teams to be able to input data...
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Businesses told to embrace digitalization
Catherine BEKUNDA | 07-04-2022
Ugandan businesses have been asked to embrace digitalization and data integration to improve their business processes. Hallet Virginie, Portfolio Manager, Enabel, made the call during an information-sharing workshop organised by Enabel, the Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) and the National...
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Our planet, our health – accepting the interconnectedness
Agnes KABAIKYA | 07-04-2022
Understanding our health today calls for appreciating the interaction of human activities with our physical environment, meaning there is a thin connection between health, environment (pollution, deforestation, climate change and globalisation. In fact, human actions of pollution, deforestation ...
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Enabel donates 3 state-of-the-art ambulances to Amuru, Omoro and Nwoya districts
Agnes KABAIKYA | 05-04-2022
The Belgian Development Agency, Enabel through her Enabling Health in Acholi (EHA) Project with funding from USAID, has donated 3 state-of-the-art ambulances to the Ministry of Health for the districts of Amuru, Omoro and Nwoya. Tom Vanneste, the Enabel in Uganda Resident Representative handed over...
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Promoting gender equality through climate action in the NTCs- Uganda
Peace NERIMA | 29-03-2022
For many years, the lasting effects of climate change have severely affected the world through short-term disasters like landslides and floods and long-term impacts like gradual environmental degradation. Areas such as agriculture, energy, human health, biodiversity, ecosystems, and water resources...
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Enabel, EU & Private Sector Foundation Uganda launch work readiness initiative for graduates
William YEKA | 21-03-2022
A new initiative to make graduates more employable and facilitate their smooth transition to work has been launched in Kampala today. The programme funded by the European Union is jointly implemented by Enabel and Private Sector Foundation Uganda and targets 1000 recent graduates countrywide...
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Ugandan skills experts visit Kenya for a benchmarking exercise
Catherine BEKUNDA | 15-03-2022
KAMPALA: March 7, 2022: A team of 50 Ugandan education experts has started a two-day learning visit to different Kenyan Centres of Vocational Excellence.The group was today flagged off by the Permanent Secretary, Ketty Lamaro at Embassy House in Kampala.“It is my hope that you will learn about new management...
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Creating Safe Learning Spaces in the Teachers’ Colleges - Uganda
Peace NERIMA | 03-02-2022
Gender-Based violence (GBV) remains widespread even in schools and has been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. A UN Women study shows that globally, 1 in 2 women reported that they or a woman they know has experienced violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Uganda, a national Police Crime report...
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Enabel provides guidelines for accommodation in Teacher Colleges - Uganda
Dorothy KYAMAZIMA | 24-01-2022
Across different countries and projects, Enabel focuses on cross-cutting issues such as the environment, climate change and digitalization.Together with the Ministry of Education and Sports in Uganda, we have worked to rehabilitate, construct and equip facilities in the National Teachers’ Colleges...
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In Uganda, frequent follow up and retention of mothers’ increase antenatal care visits
Agnes KABAIKYA | 17-01-2022
The success of foetal life determines not only the health of the new-born, but also has a major impact on adult health. With access to antenatal and with regular monitoring, early detection of complications and treatment, these risks can be prevented. Thus, attending antenatal care (ANC) is mandatory...
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Change in attitude of midwives attract mothers to deliver at health facilities in Acholi Region, Uganda
Agnes KABAIKYA | 17-01-2022
Teddy 24 yrs mother of 2, is 7 months pregnant with her 3rd child, she delivered her 2 children at home. This time she is determined to deliver at the health facility.Teddy walks 13 kilometres from Gung Gung village to attend her ANC at Koch Li Health Centre III. The day she is to attend ANC, she...
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Enabel donates 800m medical equipment to health facilities in Uganda
Agnes KABAIKYA | 17-01-2022
The Enabling Health in Acholi (EHA) project, working with the Ministry of Health and with support from USAID donated medical equipment to health facilities in the districts of Amuru, Gulu, Nwoya and Omoro. The 800 million worth equipment include delivery beds, oxygen concentrators, weighing...
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Uganda: 2100 youth from Albertine/Rwenzori will receive skills training for jobs!
William YEKA | 27-12-2021
About two thousand one hundred youth in the Albertine/Rwenzori region will receive training in labour market relevant skills starting January 2022. Enabel through the Support to Skilling Uganda project has set aside 5.3 billion shillings to support the training activities. Speaking today...