Uganda

Rukhsana Khan offer interesting protagonist, rich plots and revisit important events in history. In the story “Child of Dandelions”, the main protagonist Sabine is 15 years old in 1972, when the Ugandan President announces “All Indians must leave Uganda in the time limit of 90 days”. Unlike other Indians, Sabine is a native Ugandan and is determined to fight the government, and the society for her rights. In the story, “Wanting Mor” by Rukhsana Khan, the main protagonist Jameela, lost her…

Summary of the papers The first paper main objective was to assess effectiveness of a manualized parenting intervention in rural Uganda. This was done through a community based cluster randomized trial.Previuos researches had shown that most parenting interventions on maternal mental health did not reduce depression or did so under specific conditions which could not be sustained beyond 12 months. With researchers affirming that maternal wellbeing is crucial for child development (3&4) Informed…

Associate_ Academy Talent Acquisition Jobs_ at Bridge International Academies Kampala_ Uganda Job title: Associate_ Academy Talent Acquisition Organization: Bridge International Academies Country: Uganda City: Kampala_ Uganda Office: Bridge International Academies in Kampala Who Bridge International Are: Bridge International Academies was founded t/o address th-e education crisis in th-e developing world. Bridge aims t/o provide vastly improved education in Africa &…

On the 8th of July 1976, the decision was made by Israel that the only solution to the hostage situation of their citizens at Entebbe, was to raid the airport as a rescue mission. The Entebbe raid was justified as the hostage’s lives were in extreme danger and with the terrorist’s ultimatum drawing nearer, there seemed to be little other option. There were those, however, that tend to disagree and believe that there could have been another solution. The United Nations saw the raid as the…

Katwe, which is in Kampala Uganda, where the movie Queen of Katwe takes place, is one of the most crime ridden places in Uganda. This is one surprising fact in an area where there is little information to go by. In the film, Queen of Katwe, director Mira Nair kept some events of Phiona Mutesi’s life the same but changed some details because she wanted to add excitement and story depth. In the film Queen of Katwe, there are many similarities and differences between the movie and the real Phiona…

There are thousands of different diseases that humans can get. Some of them can be treated but others could kill you. Heart disease is one of the diseases that has different types. Some of the diseases don’t kill people but some are dangerous. Heart disease can be risky depending on the type of the disease that you have. The heart in our body is what keeps us going. If our heart stops beating, we pass out and die. There are many diseases that are related to the heart. There are three different…

startling differences in survival rates of cancer patients, not surprisingly, directly correlates to how much is invested in cancer. Due to cultural, and economic reasons many countries are lacking in much needed treatment and diagnostic centers. Uganda has 57 tribes, each with a different language. Many tribes don't even have a word for cancer. There has been a lot of progress, but there is still so much that these countries need. Jordan and Uganda's problem is not only cultural but economic.…

feared a repeat of the Munich massacre after which they had received much criticism from their people for not sending troops to rescue the Israeli hostages. They could not afford to make the same mistake and were forced to disregard the sovereignty of Uganda in order to protect their citizens. It was also found that the Ugandan Government as well as the Ugandan President Idi Amin Dada, were conspiring with and supporting the PFLP terrorists. This meant…

an estimated 10 to 30 percent of those child soldiers are used fighting and are very vulnerable when it come to sexual violence. Nearly 78% of former soldier want to return to school. After 30,000 child soldiers were abducted from their homes in Uganda over several decades and coerced into joining the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) the leader of the guerilla war group moved into remote regions in the DRC and parts of Sudan . In 2004, groups in 22 countries used children in “armed hostilities,”…

examples of this idea in both War Dance and Of Mice and Men For example, In the documentary War Dance, three children who live in a refugee camp are interviewed. The children live in the refugee camp because they are victims of a violent rebel army in Uganda and their tribe was forced to abruptly flee their homes to escape the brutality of the rebel army. Despite the meager conditions they live in, the children’s school train to compete in the national music competition. Within the…