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Home » News » Uganda

02-Nov-2017

Moving Beyond The Tip Of The Iceberg

Celebrating World Mental Health Day

Filed Under: News / Africa, Comic Relief, grant, Joseph Koney, LRA, mental health, northern Uganda, rural Uganda, Uganda, world mental health day, World Mental Health Day 2017

31-Aug-2017

Why Jane Austen Would be Optimistic in Africa

Empowering women to take charge of their futures

Filed Under: News / Edith Wharton, finding a husband, husband, Jane Austen, Leo Tolstoy, marriage, Rwanda, Uganda, women's empowerment

04-Jul-2017

On The Radio

Radio shows can help change lives in northern Uganda.

Filed Under: News / Africa, anxiety, depression, epilepsy, Joseph Kony, LRA, mental health, mental illness, rural, rural Africa, Uganda

11-May-2017

Charles, Unchained

Challenging the stigma around mental illness in Uganda

Filed Under: News / bipolar disorder, conflict, Counselling, Joseph Kony, LRA, mental health, mental health in conflict, northern Uganda, psychological first aid, psychotherapy, schizophrenia, Uganda, war

21-Mar-2017

You Can Take It To The Bank

In Uganda, trees are so valuable you can use them as collateral for a bank loan

Filed Under: News / Africa, climate change, erosion, International Forestry Day, Patongo, PCCO, trees, Uganda

08-Mar-2017

Agnes Is Full Of Beans

Celebrating women’s hard work on International Women’s Day

Filed Under: News / celebrating women, international women's day, Joseph Kony, LRA, northern Uganda, post-war, Uganda, war, women

01-Mar-2017

“The Only Thing We Have To Fear Is Fear Itself.”

Celebrating UN Zero Discrimination Day

Filed Under: News / ARVs, FDR, fear, Great Depression, HIV, recovery, Uganda

08-Dec-2016

When Information = Power

This Human Rights Day we’re remembering the importance of education

Filed Under: News / 10 December, civil war, education, genocide, human rights, human rights day, Rwanda, Uganda, UN, war, women's economic empowerment

05-Sep-2016

Even In The Best Families

We are helping people in northern Uganda access treatment for mental illnesses.

Filed Under: News / civil war, Counselling, healthcare, JFK, Kennedy, lobotomy, mental health, psychiatry, Rosemary Kennedy, rural, Uganda

29-Jan-2016

‘Mama Sophia’ In Uganda

Di McCann, mother of N4A Executive Director Sophie McCann, visited our projects in 2015.

Filed Under: News / Acholi, bees, civil war, honey, LRA, Patongo, PCCO, peanuts, pigs, trauma, Uganda

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