Kokoi poses for a portrait carrying harvested sweet potatoes from her garden in Soroti, Eastern Uganda. Farm Africa's Orange Sweet Potato Project is helping farmers like her produce, process and sell high-quality orange sweet potatoes so they can grow their incomes, improve their diets and build healthier, more prosperous futures for themselves and their communities. For Farm Africa
A farmer holds out a sweet potato vine in the groups'd demonstration garden in Soroti, Eastern Uganda. Farm Africa is teaching the framers how to grow high-quality orange sweet potatoes using the best quality vines with training in agricultural techniques such as staggered planting, which can increase the number of harvests each year. For Farm Africa
Kokoi sun dries the harvested sweet potatoes from her garden in Soroti, Eastern Uganda. Farm Africa's Orange Sweet Potato Project is helping farmers like her produce, process and sell high-quality orange sweet potatoes and also teaches them how to add value to their potatoes by chipping and drying them, so they can be stored and sold after harvest time when the market isn't flooded. For Farm Africa
Portrait of Gadi in South Omo region, Ethiopia. As primary care-givers, women are the key to tackling the severe poverty that families in South Omo face, and with the help of Farm Africa's Livestock for Livelihoods project, they can be able to. For Farm Africa
Portrait of Awga in South Omo region, Ethiopia. As primary care-givers, women are the key to tackling the severe poverty that families in South Omo face, and with the help of Farm Africa's Livestock for Livelihoods project, they can be able to. For Farm Africa
In South Omo region, Ethiopia. For Farm Africa
Newborn babies with low Apgar scores are monitored by Nurse Duwe Yasinta at Nyamagana Hospital. For The Aga Khan Foundation
Dr. Chris Paul Tabalo, a Doctor at Nyamagana hospital checks on expectant women awaiting delivery in the maternity ward. For The Aga Khan Foundation
A pregnant woman awaits delivery at Nyamagana District Hospital in Mwanza. For The Aga Khan Foundation
Jocye Bosibori Mbaka visits Elizabeth Mokobi and Vincent Mokandu to check on their 2 months baby, also the couple's third born but the first pregnancy for which they have had a Community Health Worker's help. For The Aga Khan Foundation
Kemigisha Stella in the temporary camp for the displaced in Kigyayo village, Kikuube District where over 4000 people went to camp on land donated by the Anglican and Catholic churches after the forceful evictions from land to create space for sugar plantations and a sugar factory. For WomanKind Worldwide
Betty Bagadira, a member of Kaiso-tonya women's group in Hoima District dries silver fish from Lake Albert. The community of Kaiso - Tonya has been affected by the oil exploration process where the women used to access the oil reserve for firewood but now are nolonger allowed enough access. The lake (Lake Albert) has also become over populated because of the newly constructed road. For WomanKind Worldwide
Kaiso-tonya village, Lake Abert, Hoima District. The community of Kaiso - Tonya has been affected by the oil exploration process where the women used to access the oil reserve for firewood but now are nolonger allowed enough access. The lake (Lake Albert) has also become over populated because of the newly constructed road. For WomanKind Worldwide
Norah Bahongye, a widow continues to learn her land rights through the National Association to Protect the Environment (NAPE). Currently, the oil pipelines are marked to pass on her land, in her garden in Kigaga village, Hoima district. As member of the Kigaga Oil Refinery Women's Development Association, she gets support from fellow group menbers. For WomanKind Worldwide
One of the DREAMS project girls at Loro Primary School in Oyam poses for a photo after a group meeting. The meetings bring girls together to connect and share ideas, make friends and encourage them to support each others. For World Education - Bantwana
Girls from the DREAMS project at Loro Primary School in Oyam pose for a photo after a group meeting. The meetings bring girls together to connect and share ideas, make friends and encourage them to support each others. For World Education - Bantwana
Many children in rural areas miss out on finishing their homework because of an absence of a safe light source in the house. Access to clean energy is very much needed in many areas of rural Uganda. For Let There Be Light International
