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Uganda updates July 2025
July Program Updates: Empowering Women, Improving Health, and Expanding Clean Water Access in Uganda
From maternal health outreach in remote villages to vocational training for youth, July has brought powerful progress across our programs in northern Uganda. The Kristina Health Centre is delivering vital care, Well Worth It is restoring clean water access, and Cents for Seeds continues to strengthen women’s economic empowerment and climate resilience. Your support is driving measurable impact, improving lives, and transforming communities in northern Uganda.
What the World Can Learn from Rural Communities
Rural communities in Uganda offer powerful lessons in resilience, sustainability, and collective progress. On World Rural Development Day, we honour their innovation and the vital role they play in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. From clean water access to community-based agricultural programs like Cents for Seeds, rural solutions are driving long-term change. It's time the world recognised rural wisdom as essential to building a more just and equitable future.
“We are all happy”: how clean water changed everything in Te Abala
When our Huber Social Impact Report revealed that water access dictates a family’s survival, we launched Well Worth It, and the transformation in Te Abala says it all. Before, children risked violence fetching dirty water, families battled constant sickness, and poverty seemed inescapable. Today, the community are united through clean water access. Watch their story and hear how this single well rewrote their future, and how you can help drill the next one.
“Here, we love one another”: a story of resilience in Barr Village
In Barr Village, northern Uganda, a simple seed loan sparked a powerful transformation. Through Love Mercy’s Cents for Seeds and VSLA programs, families once facing hunger and poverty are now growing food, income, and long-term resilience — even in the face of drought. This is community-led economic empowerment and food security in action.
When poverty and gender collide
In rural northern Uganda, poverty and gender inequality collide to create deep barriers for women seeking access to health care, clean water, and economic opportunity. Based on findings from our 2024 Huber Social Impact Report, this blog explores how Love Mercy’s programs are working to empower women and transform entire communities through sustainable, gender-conscious solutions.
Every mother deserves safe care: access is key for women like Gloria
“It is good to have a place to deliver your child safely. If KHC were not here, I would have to travel far to receive care. But we can come here and have very good treatment.”
A safe arrival & stronger future - life changing care for Sarah
“Emmanuella is my second child to be born here at Kristina Health Centre. I would not have been able to receive ongoing care if KHC were not here. KHC helped me in many ways.”
A letter from Florence, Cents for Seeds Program Coordinator
Hear from Cents for Seeds Program Coordinator, Florence Ademun, as she shares the incredible progress we’ve seen in recent years, from improved livelihoods and financial skills to expanded clean water access and stronger community connections.
Locally led development: the heart of Cents for Seeds
When programs are built with communities, not for them, they create long-term independence rather than dependency. Cents for Seeds proves that by investing in local leadership, empowering women, and adapting to evolving needs, development initiatives can drive real, sustainable change.
The First Seed Planted
Cents for Seeds was designed with the singular vision of offering a hand up, as opposed to a hand-out. Learn about its foundations and where we are headed in 2025 and beyond.