We’re so proud of our Action in Africa team’s management of the recent ebola outbreak in Uganda.

While Uganda experiences periodic outbreaks, the current situation with Ebola in Uganda is concerning. The country has cited a growing number of cases since the outbreak began on September 20.

At Action in Africa, we are monitoring the situation closely and have taken immediate steps to protect the health of our community, staff, and program participants.

I visited Central College and Light Secondary School (my former school!) and interviewed three students who have been on the AIA Secondary Scholarship Program for the last six years! Our wonderful participants have been part of the program since 2016 when they joined secondary school; Jordan, Swabura, and Hakim are all senior six candidates who will be completing their final high school exams in the next two weeks.

2020 started out with a lot of excitement, hope, and plans. We had all written down our year’s resolutions and were all fired up to take on the new decade. Little did we know that we were headed for one of the greatest global challenges ever witnessed. The first case of the COVID-19 virus in Uganda was recorded on March 21st, just weeks after the start of the school term in the country. But by this time, the entire world was already experiencing the first global Pandemic in a century.

Latifah is one of the Action in Africa (AIA) University Scholarship students that has been part of the program since her primary school level, she is likely to graduate this year. In this blog post, we spoke to Mama Latifah in order to give our readers some perspective on how the work of AIA impacts the parents of the children that are supported.

In this series of blog posts, we continue to understand the secondary scholarship program, last week we introduced to you the program in our interview with Ms. Christine Olal, Action in Africa’s very own Education Specialist. Now we tell you the story of how it all started and the changes we have made over time.

Mrs. Christine Jane Olal is an education specialist that recently joined AIA’s Team in Nakuwadde. As a specialist, Mrs. Christine has special insight into how education in Uganda is structured and how it should be improved. In an interview with Christine, we talk about education in Uganda and the AIA scholarship program, here is her take on the Scholarship program and how it impacts the People in Nakuwadde.

Hey there! In case you missed it, on the 17th of September Action in Africa (AIA) hosted its Third Quarterly Summit on Zoom. The summit was focused on the AIA After-school program and staff at the center spoke about the different activities that take place. Thanks to everyone that attended, and if you didn't, here is a rundown of everything that you missed. You can also watch the recording here on AIA’s youtube channel.

Our greatest mission has always been and continues to be empowering the people of Nakuwadde. Our programs are tailored to be a reflection of the community and the people in that community. This year, we started an end-of-holiday program that we call the AIA professional panel. The one-day event invites role models and community icons that have backgrounds similar to those of the people living in Nakuwadde.As we ended the second term school holiday program on Friday 26th August, we hosted the second Professional Panel event at our center where we invited former AIA salsa dance trainer and current professional Dancer Valentino Richard Kabenge (Val), Dr. Elizabeth from Alive Medical services, Ivan Bossa a Coffee Entrepreneur, and TV personalist Ibrahim Kawuki commonly known as Teacher Teacher.