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"I was hungry, and you fed me..."
Mathew 25:35
Hunger has become a deadly disease in most parts of Africa with a total of 820
million hungry people in developing countries today. Hunger kills more people
every day compared to AIDs and malaria with ten million people dying every day.
Hunger is the absence of food especially for a long period of time, which can
cause illness and death. It’s the failure to meet daily nutritional
requirements. It also refers to living on an empty stomach. The hungry family
lacks the strength to farm their land, the hungry child cannot concentrate in
class, and a hungry mother is neither strong enough to fend for the family nor
bare healthy children.In
fact to a mother, hunger means death during child birth. According to UNICEF,
50% of women in developing countries are iron deficient yet the lack of iron is
the cause of death to 315million women during child birth every year.
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“...I was naked and you clothed me..."
Mathew 25:35-40
The world is on the
course to transformation into a global village, with a unity in purpose and
development. However, there are certain persons being left behind in all these
aspects. A people with no clothing, no shelter, no cover during the coldest
moments and food. These are the children, women and men affected by the
greatest calamities both natural and man- made. Besides these, statistics show
that about 1.2 billion people live below the poverty line and this means a risk
to lack of the most basic needs in life.
People in war torn zones
and the internally displaced of Northern Uganda and Southern Sudan are among
some of the world’s people who have endured the worst nightmares during the LRA
and SPLA atrocities respectively for over two decades. This has pushed over
three million people to IDP Camps where they entirely depend on aid and
donations for survival.
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“...I was a stranger and you took Me in..."
Mathew 25:35-40
For
over two decades, the violent conflict in northern Uganda has displaced over 2
million people in the region leaving them in crowded IDP Camps or protected
villages. The situations in these overcrowded Camps remain poor with food
insufficiency, lack of adequate water and sanitation, poor health facilities,
education among others.
After
several attempts to bring peace over the past years, with the Juba Peace talks
there is a glimpse of hope to the total restoration of peace in the region. The
Uganda government is asking the IDPs to return to their former villages to
reduce overcrowding in the camps.
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“...I was thirsty and you gave me drink...”
Mathew 25:35
Thousands
of people die on a daily basis due to water shortage or they have to walk
several miles a day to find safe drinking water in Africa. Uganda’s rural
populations are one of the victims of this crisis in the today. Living in very
remote areas with no access to clean water, the people resort to the next
possible alternative for survival which is usually the swampy water shared for
various purposes ranging from domestic needs to laundry. This is a great
dilemma to Water and Sanitation needs. The consequence is high rate of disease
infections yet again paradox of absence of health care centers and medical
equipment and trained personnel posses major challenge.
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Abstain from Sex Before Marriage :: Be Faithful to One Partner
in Marriage
Uganda
is estimated to have a population of about 25-30 million. Even though HIV
prevalence in Uganda is much lower than it once was, it still remains very
high, and AIDS is still claiming tens of thousands of lives each year.
The
prevalence rate is said to be 6.4%. In 2004, the NGO National Guidance and
Empowerment Network report states that the HIV prevalence is 17% and; experts
admit that the HIV problem in Uganda may still be much worse than official
statistics indicate. Statistics show that the young people (15-49) are most
affected by the AIDs.
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