Help Build a Community Food Bank in Rural Uganda

The Hunger Project-Uganda Executive Summary This reporting period covers activities from July-December 2010 (Quarters 3 and 4). Activities were implemented within the context of The Hunger Project’s (THP’s) global strategic direction. The focus was on the three strategic pillars: mobilization, empowering women...

THP’s mission is to empower men and women to end their own hunger and build a better future for their families and their communities. We enable small farmers to access basic services such as sanitation, education, health care and expertise in better farming practices. We empower women not only because they are...

Profile of a Leader in the Community Mathew Bamwanga, the Chairperson of the Kiruhura Epicenter committee, is 60 years old and a resident of Kitura sub-county, Kiruhura district.   Mathew moved from Bushenyi district to Kiruhura district to acquire a bigger piece of land (measuring 20 acres) because the land he...

 Mbale Epicenter saw tremendous development in the last half of 2010. Local materials were mobilized for the epicenter building, as well as for the food bank, medical staff quarters and the new six-pit latrine.  Epicenter members also began repairing window panes and painting the building’s...

On every measure, Kiruhura Epicenter has improved the lives of its members and the surrounding populations.  Importantly, these epicenter partners take full ownership over the continued gains, ensuring the epicenter’s sustainability.  Prior to the creation of the epicenter, community members participated in...

In late August, Mbarara Epicenter became the sixth Rural Bank in Uganda - and the twenty-first in Africa - to gain official government recognition. Rural Bank recognition is the ultimate objective of The Hunger Project's (THP's) Microfinance Program, which operates in eight countries in Africa. Once the epicenter facility...

This reporting period was filled with activities. It started on a very high note with The Hunger Project-Uganda (THP-Uganda) hosting the President of the Republic of Uganda, His Excellence Yoweri K Museveni at Mpigi Epicenter. The function brought together epicenter leaders from across all epicenters who exhibited a variety...

Thank you to everyone who has supported our food security program in Uganda! We hope you will continue to follow our progress as we enable rural Ugandans to build food-secure futures for their communities. In the first three quarters of 2009, our most recent reporting data, 25.7 tons of grain were stored in THP...