by Leslie | Last updated Dec 12, 2022 | Blog, News, Our Kids, Success Stories
The Real Uganda’s Girls Get Skills practical skills training program launched in September 2021 with much enthusiasm from the mothers and daughters of Lugacraft Kiteza Rural Women’s Group, in Buikwe District, Uganda. It ran successfully for a period of 5...
by Leslie | Last updated Oct 8, 2021 | Life In Uganda, Success Stories
Awhile back, this article circulated the internet and caused a bit of a sensation. It stated that Uganda is the “most entrepreneurial country” on earth. People around the world were tickled that developing countries could top a list of anything taken to be positive....
by Leslie | Last updated Nov 2, 2023 | Life In Uganda, Success Stories
Here’s a little story from The Real Uganda’s history book: Uganda experienced a rather severe drought in 2016/2017. The rains that typically fall in November, didn’t come. These rains allow us to grow the food we eat in January and February. Their...
by Leslie | Last updated Oct 25, 2023 | Life In Uganda, News, Success Stories
The on-going Ugandan family development program, run by The Real Uganda and Hopeline Organization, with funding from Kain Foundation, examines family, youth, and income development in Kkoba Village, Buikwe, Uganda. Back in November, 2016, I reported on our initial...
by Leslie | Last updated Sep 17, 2021 | News, Success Stories
On September 12, 2015, two great friends and supporters of The Real Uganda got married in Belgium. It was a classy affair for two very classy ladies. So classy, in fact, they decided to forego a wedding registry and asked their families and friends to instead make a...
by Leslie | Last updated Jul 2, 2019 | News, Success Stories
August 15th, 2015 marked the first annual “Kick it for Uganda” fundraiser event in Bonn, Germany. It was organized by Jens Hirschfeld, a former volunteer from 2015. He worked with our partner, Hopeline Organization, for 2 months. Kick it for Uganda was a...
