In the bustling halls of the university, the air was thick with anticipation as the end of semester examinations loomed just days away. The campus, usually alive with various events and activities, had transformed into a serene haven for diligent students, all united by a common purpose: to conquer their exams and emerge victorious. The atmosphere was one of focused dedication, a symphony of rustling papers, intense discussions, and the occasional soft sigh.

Hungry people dive into trash bins for discarded food that cats, dogs and birds pick over. They climb trees for fruit half-eaten by monkeys. They steal. They drink dirty water.  They exhibit anger, hopelessness and desperation. 

While growing up, Beatrice Masendi says some aspects of Christian salvation did not make much sense to her. And that forced her to begin equating her faith to politics. All this happened despite Masendi being a child of a lay reader. Lay readers are non-clergy who are authorized to preach and to conduct some religious services, but are not permitted to celebrate the Eucharist.

We are a few weeks away from the end of the second term. The majority of schools have already had midterm exams, and the end-of-term exams are just around the corner. Do you know how your child performs in class?

“I couldn’t pronounce it, didn’t know where it was,” she said of the Central Asian nation located 5,499 kilometers (3,411 miles) from Uganda. For nine months in 2021, Nanfuka lived and worked as an engineer for what is now Uzbekistan’s first large-scale solar power plant. Most of what she did was civil works (construction supervision, reporting) for METKA EGN, a  company that focuses on green-energy networks. 

The news of Uganda lifting the ban on its citizens working as migrant workers in Jordan and Saudi Arabia didn’t only create happy faces but also a promise to uplift many families’ challenging financial situation. This includes Hajji Ismail Guma’s Mukono District in the Central part of Uganda.