School girl

A girl's life in Uganda

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February 3rd 2010
On Sunday, "Dr. Todd" from Omni-Med arrived and we finalized the details of the Village Health Team (VHT) training seminar that's happening this week. Nine villages in Ntenjeru were asked to each nominate 3-4 people from their community to attend the 5-day long session. Volunteers from VOLSET, Peace Corps and Omni-Med, along with community leaders are presenting topics ranging from treatment of ... read more

Africa » Uganda

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Uganda achieved independence from the UK in 1962. The dictatorial regime of Idi AMIN (1971-79) was responsible for the deaths of some 300,000 opponents; guerrilla war and human rights abuses under Milton OBOTE (1980-85) claimed at least another 100,0... ... read more