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Education experiences of slum communities in COVID-19. The continued spread of COVID-19 has virtually brought most service sectors to a grinding halt. The Education sector is one of those sectors which, inevitably, have had to greatly slow down. With over 290.5 million learners affected by school closures across the world, the threat of a drastic […]

COVID-19: The myths, beliefs and falsehoods in Kampala slums. Given the infectious nature of COVID-19, the need to understand prevailing myths, beliefs and falsehoods is so vital in efforts to combat the virus. Some questions require answers: for example, who do people think are most at risk? What are community perspectives on factors that facilitate

Violence Against Men. “Turning the Tables” in COVID-19: Violence Against Men in Kampala Slums Conventionally, women have been portrayed as the victims or survivors of domestic violence and the men as the perpetrators with in heterosexual relationships. The measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic have had direct and indirect severe consequences with evidence from the

Food adverts targeting children and childhood obesity, is there a link? Food adverts targeting children and childhood obesity, is there a link? It is natural for parents and care givers to be protective of children. It is the role of parents and other adults entrusted to care for children e.g. relatives, family friends, nannies, health

Outside my bubble. REFLECT and ALERTS, these are acronyms of studies that literally changed my life. Given the push by the CHASE I team and other stake holders, to use and avail the evidence from these studies to inform policy, I sure hope the lives of refugees and slum communities in Uganda change for the

Refugee Education Experiences in COVID-19. School & Community involvement: The master key to effective rollout of Uganda’s Education Response in COVID-19 The experiences I have had participating in a number of field studies, over the years, have helped me learn that each study comes with its own uniqueness and a different set of lessons to

The separate worlds of adults and children in COVID-19. COVID-19 has flipped the world as we know it, on its head! With it, came new demands on how we should live. As a result, all sections of society, namely: women, children, the elderly and men are struggling to adapt and manage the shocks from the

Double Jeopardy: Child Protection Concerns amidst Displacement and COVID-19 Control. With over 1.4 million refugees, Uganda is one of the leading refugee host countries globally. One quarter of the country’s refugee population comprise of children, thousands of whom are unaccompanied. Like many other countries, Uganda was affected by the COVID-19; and the country responded with

Hope after heartwrenching field experiences in refugee communities! At the start of this year, I heard about the Corona virus spreading to other countries and got both anxious and scared. In March, the President started what would later become a series of nation addresses with instructions on how Uganda would fight the spread of the