Stop the Suffering of Uganda Children It’s unimaginable that Uganda children are suffering as if Uganda is still in Stone Age era. Many organizations like the one that composed the film about invisible children of Uganda have tried to show the world what is taking place in Uganda about Uganda child soldiers and starving children in Uganda, but still little has been done to feed the these children especially children of Northern Uganda. Emerging from the devastation of civil war in the 1970s and 1980s, Uganda has made significant action for children in Uganda in terms of economic and social development, yet still faces major challenges. Ugandan families and communities struggle to access child healthcare, child education and other basic services and young children often suffer disproportionately.
While the country has won praise for its fight against HIV/AIDS, the epidemic has nonetheless been devastating — Uganda has the highest proportion of children orphaned by HIV/AIDS worldwide. Click here for more information about Uganda Aids Orphans
A conflict in northern Uganda, 1.8 million people and has resulted in the abduction of more than 60,000 children .Although the war is over but you can imagine the impact it caused after 20 years. Save the Children Uganda, one of the NGO non governmental organizations has tried to help some Ugandan children in Northern Uganda but little is seen on the ground to indicate that starving children and children with Aids in Uganda will reduce in the near future
HIV/AIDS continues to be a significant challenge. Since the epidemic began, some 1 million Ugandans have died. There are an estimated 2.3 million orphans, mostly due to the disease. The country’s health indicators are also among the lowest in sub-Saharan African. Preventable diseases - including prenatal and maternal illnesses, malaria and diarrhea — take a major toll on children of Uganda. Close to 18 percent of school-aged Uganda children are not enrolled in school and the dropout rate averages 66 percent.
Food security is also a major concern especially with the children of northern Uganda. Many families do not have enough food to last through the "hungry season" between harvests, and more than one in four Uganda children under age 5 is stunted. In the north, the search for peace continues amidst poverty, the lack of protection for children in Uganda, scant food and dismal humanitarian conditions.
•Over 14 million of the country's 30 million people are below the age of 15. •Approximately 6.9 million adults are illiterate. 40% of students have malaria at any given time; malaria is a major cause of primary school absenteeism and thus making the Uganda children lag behind in future. •66% of children drop out of school during their primary and secondary school years. •Over 56,000 children under age 5 die each year from nutrition-related causes. •About one-quarter of the population is unable to secure adequate food for all or part of the year. Our Response
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