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Mar 25, 2009
<b>Refugees get sh20m aid</b><br>NEBBI-The Uganda Red Cross Society has donated items worth sh20m to communities hosting refugees in Erussi, Kango and Zeu sub-counties. The field officer, George Orochi, on Friday said the items included books, pens, scho
Refugees get sh20m aid
NEBBI-The Uganda Red Cross Society has donated items worth sh20m to communities hosting refugees in Erussi, Kango and Zeu sub-counties. The field officer, George Orochi, on Friday said the items included books, pens, school bags, geometry sets and uniforms for orphans and vulnerable children. A total of 15 sewing machines were also given to children who had trained in tailoring. Other items given included 800 mosquito nets that were distributed to four health centres and households with children under five years. A total of 540 bags of improved maize, beans and several hoes were given to persons living with HIV/Aids. The regional programme officer in charge of health care, Hellen Mukundane Kataha, told the beneficiaries not to sell the items.
100 farmers get seedlings
APAC-Farmers in Chegere sub-county have received over 2,000 seedlings of grafted mangoes worth sh13m from the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) programme. Addressing beneficiaries at the sub-county headquarters last Friday, the programme coordinator, Anna Grace Akite, said 100 farmers in demonstration groups would receive the perennial crop. “With a mango juice factory being constructed in the sub-county, we expect a ready lucrative market,â€she said. Akite said the improved mangoes can resist drought and diseases and matured fast.
Maracha SS to re-open
MARACHA-TEREGO-Authorities have launched a nationwide appeal to raise sh52m to help students of Maracha SS who lost property in two fires. The spokesperson of the school’s relief taskforce, Rose Alitema, said stakeholders had agreed to re-open the school on March 30. She said any money raised would be used to procure basic items for the affected students. She said the school planned to transform one of the classrooms into a dormitory. Money can be deposited on Maracha SS PTA FUND, account number 0140091513401, Stanbic Bank, Arua Branch.
NEBBI-The Uganda Red Cross Society has donated items worth sh20m to communities hosting refugees in Erussi, Kango and Zeu sub-counties. The field officer, George Orochi, on Friday said the items included books, pens, school bags, geometry sets and uniforms for orphans and vulnerable children. A total of 15 sewing machines were also given to children who had trained in tailoring. Other items given included 800 mosquito nets that were distributed to four health centres and households with children under five years. A total of 540 bags of improved maize, beans and several hoes were given to persons living with HIV/Aids. The regional programme officer in charge of health care, Hellen Mukundane Kataha, told the beneficiaries not to sell the items.
100 farmers get seedlings
APAC-Farmers in Chegere sub-county have received over 2,000 seedlings of grafted mangoes worth sh13m from the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) programme. Addressing beneficiaries at the sub-county headquarters last Friday, the programme coordinator, Anna Grace Akite, said 100 farmers in demonstration groups would receive the perennial crop. “With a mango juice factory being constructed in the sub-county, we expect a ready lucrative market,â€she said. Akite said the improved mangoes can resist drought and diseases and matured fast.
Maracha SS to re-open
MARACHA-TEREGO-Authorities have launched a nationwide appeal to raise sh52m to help students of Maracha SS who lost property in two fires. The spokesperson of the school’s relief taskforce, Rose Alitema, said stakeholders had agreed to re-open the school on March 30. She said any money raised would be used to procure basic items for the affected students. She said the school planned to transform one of the classrooms into a dormitory. Money can be deposited on Maracha SS PTA FUND, account number 0140091513401, Stanbic Bank, Arua Branch.