Entries Tagged as ‘Uganda’

June 19, 2009

Opinion: Dambisa Moyo’s book ‘Dead Aid’ reviewed

There seems to be renewed wave of interest in Dambisa Moyo’s book, Dead Aid, and no wonder.
Her thesis is that a trillion dollars of aid to Africa has left the continent worse off than it was 50 years ago and fosters the corruption which, in the popular mind at least, blights the whole of Africa. 
This [...]

May 14, 2009

Uganda: Stuck on the banks of a natural border

A day after arriving on my trip to DR Congo and I’m still in Uganda. In fact I’m enjoying a cup of tea on the banks of Lake Albert next to Bugoma village in Hoima. Over the water is DRC and Bunia – where we’re supposed to be right now.
Despite good weather as we flew [...]

December 1, 2008

World AIDS Day – 20 years of raising awareness

Marking the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day (December 1), this gallery shows the transition over time in how CAFOD has tackled HIV, from the early focus on care and treatment, through to the innovative, wide-ranging education, preventive and awareness work of today