Improving Access To Youth And Women Employment

In western Uganda, within the Hoima and Buliisa districts, a transformative initiative aimed at improving access to youth and women employment unfolded. This project made significant strides toward addressing deep-seated issues of poverty and gender inequality. Rooted in global objectives of reducing poverty and promoting gender equality, the initiative sought to uplift disadvantaged groups, particularly […]

Making Oil Work For Poor People In Uganda

In western Uganda, the project code-named “Making Oil Work for Poor People in Uganda” project emerged as a beacon of hope for rural communities neighbouring national parks, wildlife, and forest reserves in the Hoima, Buliisa, and Masindi districts. Implemented in partnership with the Living Earth Foundation UK and funded by Comic Relief, the project focused […]

Emergency Livelihood Support Through Cash For Work To 2,250 Vulnerable Households

In northern Uganda, this critical initiative unfolded to provide emergency livelihood support to 2,250 vulnerable households, comprising refugees and host community members in the Palorinya refugee settlement, Moyo district, and the Imvepi refugee settlement, Arua district. The “Emergency Livelihood Support Through Cash For Work” project aimed to address the urgent needs of these communities through […]

Emergency Livelihood Support Through Cash For Work To 2,250 Vulnerable Households In Arua And Moyo Districts,west Nile Sub Region

In the heart of Uganda’s West Nile sub-region, an initiative titled “Emergency Livelihood Support Through Cash For Work” emerged as a lifeline for 2,250 vulnerable households. These households, comprising both refugees and host community members in the Palorinya refugee settlement in Moyo district and the Imvepi refugee settlement in Arua district, faced immense challenges. The […]

Promoting Sustainable Energy Solutions in Nansana to Combat Climate Change

In the bustling municipality of Nansana, Uganda, Living Earth Uganda (LEU) has launched a groundbreaking initiative aimed at reducing deforestation and environmental degradation caused by the heavy reliance on firewood and charcoal. The project, “Promoting Usage of Briquettes and Energy Saving Stoves in Nansana Municipality as a Means of Mitigating Climate Change,” introduces sustainable energy […]

Improved Conditions In Urban Informal Settlements

SECTOR: Humanitarian Programs LOCATION: Central START DATE: January 2010 END DATE: February 2022 OVERALL OBJECTIVE   The overall objective of this action is to reduce the prevalence of poverty in the context of sustainable development and so contribute to the achievement of MDG 1 in reducing poverty by 50% by 2015. Additionally the project will […]

Enhancing Waste Plastic Collection In Kampala District

SECTOR: Natural Resources and Environmental Management LOCATION: Central START DATE: October 2008 END DATE: June 2009 OVERALL OBJECTIVE   Living Earth Uganda implemented a programme funded by German Development Services to create and strengthen business linkages between Plastic Recycling Industries and plastic-waste collection businesses in disadvantaged and jointly identified communities in Kampala. Under this programme […]

Urban Livelihoods Project (UlP)

SECTOR: Livelihood Programs LOCATION: Central START DATE: February 2004 END DATE: February 2008 OVERALL OBJECTIVE  Living Earth Uganda implemented a comic relief funded project in Uganda from 2004-2008. The project aimed at promoting the participation of micro and small enterprises (groups and organizations) from poor urban communities in public-private partnerships so that they realize the […]