The Hunger Project - Uganda: Overview

NEWS: April 2008: Update to the Global Board

African Woman Food Farmer Initiative (AWFFI) partners at Wakiso epicenter.

The Hunger Project in Uganda is committed to the sustainable end of hunger throughout the nation.

The Hunger Project in Uganda mobilizes rural communities to achieve the sustainable end of hunger through the Epicenter Strategy, an integrated, bottom-up, gender-focused strategy through which people meet all their basic needs. As of April 2008, there are eight epicenters in Uganda.

Underwriting for the first two years of The Hunger Project's work in Uganda was underwritten by a team of investors from The Hunger Project-Australia.

At the invitation of the President, 1998 Africa Prize laureate Yoweri Museveni, and with the partnership of the 1995 Africa Prize laureate, Joyce Mungherera, The Hunger Project began its work in Uganda in 1998. The Vice President of Uganda, Dr. Speciosa Wandira, serves on our Global Board of Directors.

Work on the epicenter in Kiringente began in late 2001, as the ground was cleared and the hole dug for the foundation.

The structure was up in January 2002.

Irene Wasike Muwanguzi serves as The Hunger Project-Uganda country director.