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Bwanandeke picking ripe berries in his plantation. Inset, Andrew Rugasira finds giving back to the community fulfilling.

SOME Ugandans are taking the initiative to tackle community problems in spheres such as education, health, youth, agriculture, technology, women and children’s rights and other social projects. Andrew Rugasira, a coffee entreprenuer, is one of the people The New Vision readers identified.  More...

Kigobe wins 1st prize of sh2m

LAST Friday, a panel of seven judges chose Francis Kigobe as the 1st prize winner of the Ugandans Making a Difference project that has been running every Thursday in The New Vision. The project which is an initiative of The New Vision recognises Ugandans who are having a positive impact in their communities through shear selflessness.  More...

CHAMPIONS OF CHANGE IN UGANDA

On Friday June 6th 2008, a panel of seven judges chose Francis Kigobe as the 1st prize winner of the Ugandans Making a Difference project that has been running every Thursday in The New Vision. The project which is an initiative of The New Vision recognises Ugandans who are having a positive impact in their communities through shear selflessness.

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Lutaaya hopes to recruit more children into the band

THE trumpets, tubas, slide trombones and the deep thumps of the drums can be heard before you can even see the African Hearts Royale Band rehearsing.
In an empty lot, across the street from the organisation headquarters in Bakuli, the boys practise for upcoming performances. The neighbours gather to watch, and occasionally boda boda riders from the stage come for the free show.  More...

Mwalimu Musheshe explains the expansion of URDT. Inset, one of the people under the programme crushes sugar cane to make alcohol

LIFE was so good when his father was still alive. But before he could out-grow teenage life, Charles Kisembo’s father passed on. He had to support his family of six siblings, which at that time had no financial backing. More...

MAIN PICTURE: Mary Nakirya (standing) helps a farmer to use a computer as others watch and learn. Inset, Bagiire strikes a pose

HE is 33; a young man if you ask me. And while many a young man in possession of a little financial muscle will look to build a bevy of babes and an orange county of cars, this one is different. Vincent Waiswa Bagiire is looking to becoming the biggest social philanthropist in Uganda.  More...

Kigobe replaces books after a day’s work. Inset, Pupils pose next to the signpost leading to the library

AFTER what seems like an endless journey on the winding road with a cloud of dust trailing the old grey Toyota Corolla taxi like a military escort, you reach Malongwe village in Mukono district.
Your sore legs feel like sticks as you disembark the vehicle that has ‘miraculously’ cramped in eight passengers in the space for four.  More...

Okot, right, speaks to former rustlers at her office in Moroto

WHEN Beatrice Okot completed her studies in Marketing at the then Uganda College of Commerce, Nakawa, she became interested in the plight of her people — the Karimojong.  More...

Maria Baryamujura

THERE are Ugandans who are taking the initiative in tackling their communities’ problems in spheres such as education, health, youth, agriculture, technology women and children’s rights and other social projects. Maria Baryamujura is one of the people New Vision readers identified. This is her story. click here for More...

At Musa Body ‘University’ your brain is your capital

Some Ugandans are taking the initiative in tackling their communities’ problems in spheres such as education, health, youth, agriculture, technology women and children’s rights and other social projects. The late Musa Wakibi is one of the people New Vision readers identified. His legacy lives on. CLICK HERE for full story. More...