The children from Acholi Quarters that we give support to through the Hopeful Haven programme and through tuition fees support were recently invited to take part in a Christmas card competition. The aim was for them to design a card that can then be printed up and used to send…
written by John Njendahayo One of the projects that runs from the Nkuru college campus in rural Mityana is the Uwero water project which pipes clean water to families around the community. The college has ownership of a piece of land that has a natural spring in it. This spring…
written by ILA staff We are so thankful for individuals and church partners that have generously given towards the resettlement of two families this month! They left the northern region of the country due to civil war led by Joseph Kony. Both of these families have been displaced for more…
CRED Foundation has recently awarded ILA Uganda with a three months “Education 4 All” grant to support sustainable life skills among refugee youths in Palabek Refugee Settlement in Lamwo district. An assessment of potential beneficiaries has been done and four candidates have been identified with two coming from the settlement…
CRED Foundation has recently awarded ILA Uganda with a three months “Education 4 All” grant to support sustainable life skills among refugee youths in Palabek Refugee Settlement in Lamwo district. An assessment of potential beneficiaries has been done and four candidates have been identified with two coming from the settlement…
Members of the Lubanga Ber group in Acholi Quarters recently had a very informative training session on how to make briquettes as a form of lower carbon, longer-burning fuel. Most of the group currently rely on charcoal as their fuel source for cooking, and the cost has gone up significantly…
Here is the audio from an interview that Helen did with Francis Ocira who heads up the resettlement program for I Live Again Uganda. Enjoy hearing more about the realities of the program and the processes that ILA goes through with the family prior to being resettled. As a result…
In 2008, Benson Ocen founded I Live Again Uganda in response to a desperate need for trauma counselling support, community rebuilding, and discipleship amongst those who had been so deeply traumatised by the brutal atrocities that occured during the Lords Resistance Army reign of terror. 16 years on, and ILA…
When Joyce’s baby twin daughters died within 2 weeks of each early in 2023, Joyce felt as though her world had caved in. She still had her sons, who were then age 4 and 6, but the trauma of losing the girls was, not surprisingly, huge. After a time, she…
Amaro Brenda (in the white) and Lamunu Rhona (in the black) are both from Acholi Quarters. They are both 20 years old, and both completed their secondary education in December 2022. Since then neither of them have been able to find any employment, and were feeling very despairing of the…
