A team of five students from Uganda Christian University (UCU) have come together to improve the educational experience of visually impaired students under a project dubbed “Gen-visual.”

On February 26th, 2022, an historic event took place at Bishop Senior Secondary School Mukono’s playground as Rev. Canon Enos Kitto Kagodo was installed as the fifth Bishop of Mukono Diocese. The occasion was witnessed by thousands of believers who were present to witness the transition of power from the outgoing bishop, Rt. Rev. James William Ssebagala, who had reached the retirement age of 65 the previous year.

“I won’t trade my time with the children for anything because I love children, and the children love me,” Mary says confidently about her work.

If anyone had been in the shoes of Abaliwano Yvette, chances are he/she would have made the same career decision. Yvette, a student of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery at the Uganda Christian University (UCU) School of Medicine (SoM), is surrounded by medical professionals at her home.

Since her father’s passing, Namiiro’s mother has been the sole breadwinner, making it difficult for her to support Namiiro and her siblings. Although Namiiro had no hopes of continuing her education after completing her senior year vacation due to her humble background, her mother encouraged her to enroll in university, and they searched for possible ways to pay for her tuition.

By January 28, 2023, Uganda had registered 170,328 cases of coronavirus. Of those, 3,630 had died. Florence Bwanika is part of that tragic statistic. Bwanika, a renowned veterinary doctor and academic, succumbed to the pandemic on January 17, 2021, the time Uganda was just shaking itself off the first wave of the pandemic. Uganda later had the second wave of the virus, which was more deadly.