Jambo Uganda https://www.durangoherald.com/section/jambo-uganda/feed/ Stay informed with the latest breaking news, local stories, sports, business, weather, and community events from Durango, Southwest Colorado, and the Four Corners region. Tue, 07 Jul 2026 17:52:53 -0600 en-us 30 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/jambo-uganda/durango-nurses-provide-health-services-to-rural-ugandans/ Darnell, Graf and Price (who are graduates of Pueblo Community College) worked with nurses from Ntenjera clinic to create a sustainable program. Darnell said everyone involved learned a lot from each other. The nurses also worked at Mengo Hospital, where... Sat, 29 Oct 2016 22:01:28 -0600 072CBA05-B9F2-4D08-9CE3-B957CFD92AFC https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/jambo-uganda/slowly-uganda-works-toward-providing-basic-hygiene-products-for-women/ Build Africa, a non-governmental organization, hosted a symposium to discuss the problem after a survey came out that said about 30 percent of girls leave school because they don’t have sanitary pads. NGOs and educators are increasingly concerned that, in... Wed, 11 Sep 2013 01:06:14 -0600 3068851D-FC2E-424D-95DA-4E80300F7A6D https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/jambo-uganda/everyone-well-almost-has-a-cellphone-or-three-in-uganda/ The extent of cellphone usage and ownership in this country deserves noting for a few reasons. For one, people own multiple cellphones because they buy them from different providers to save money when calling people in a specific provider’s network.... Tue, 10 Sep 2013 01:02:21 -0600 45384138-AF68-4633-AF98-294FAE53AC46 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/jambo-uganda/the-road-to-gulu-is-paved-with-potholes-and-wildlife/ The road to get to Gulu from Southern Uganda is a kidney-jarring ride that makes a person not want to get back into a car for the return home. What should take four hours to drive usually takes twice as... Fri, 06 Sep 2013 07:45:55 -0600 79EC22BB-89C1-4DDB-8894-CACED5FECA55 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/jambo-uganda/richard-me/ My Ugandan taxi driver, Richard Mukasa, has kept me safe in a crowded city where driving and walking are a constant risk.AMY MAESTAS/Durango Herald Richard speaks only a small amount of English. When possible, he communicates in Luganda, one of... Wed, 04 Sep 2013 03:32:00 -0600 1E755CC8-243C-4FFE-80DC-0A9497BD1EAE https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/jambo-uganda/former-uganda-vp-castigates-government-for-corruption/ Kampala, Uganda – Uganda’s Parliament wasn’t in session today, but that didn’t stop political theater from being staged at the country’s state house. On Friday, the governing body decided it would suspend work for a couple of weeks because too... Tue, 03 Sep 2013 06:00:43 -0600 F2ED8429-45D8-4536-8FA7-5F9313DDC223 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/jambo-uganda/the-source-of-the-nile-river-a-source-of-contention-and-bad-history/ The source of the White Nile is in Jinja, about a 90-minute drive from Kampala. It is the world’s longest river: It travels 4,135 miles. (A small debate persists that the Amazon River, in South America, is the longest. But,... Sun, 01 Sep 2013 03:31:06 -0600 88C6DE86-6B07-4456-91F6-38B0EEA91EBA https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/jambo-uganda/a-show-of-sharing-in-katosi/ To go with their jerseys were a half-dozen new soccer balls, which I deflated and stuffed inside the duffle bag when I left for my journey to East Africa. The jerseys are a donation from the Durango Youth Soccer Association.... Sat, 31 Aug 2013 06:22:55 -0600 A295C983-7334-4A26-9C84-7368C98A6CA3 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/jambo-uganda/organic-farming-is-small-business-in-uganda-right-now-but-it-has-its-sights-set-on-joining-the-global-movement/ Judith Nabatanzi, manager of an organic-only store in Kabagala, says in the last three years more Ugandans are buying their products. Before, the business came almost exclusively from ex-pats.AMY MAESTAS/Durango Herald On one hand, this isn’t surprising given that about... Thu, 29 Aug 2013 05:58:23 -0600 5A70E43A-74F8-4F0B-81F8-AD911F0FFA41 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/jambo-uganda/a-few-scenes-from-kampala/ Kampala and surrounding areas are a lot to take in. Traffic is constantly jammed, shops are packed with goods – a sign that the economy is growing – and its people wonder what a non-Ugandan from America is doing in... Tue, 27 Aug 2013 05:41:40 -0600 E13C49EB-FA50-445A-8540-B9B233BCAD19 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/jambo-uganda/uganda-teenage-mothers-find-empowerment-in-making-cakes/ It’s here at the Pelletier Teenager Mother’s Foundation that their future holds a glimmer of hope. The charity works to empower girls in a country where they often are marginalized and abused. Of special target are teenage mothers, because Uganda’s... Tue, 27 Aug 2013 05:13:06 -0600 96100539-22C8-4EF6-A87E-929D2D1BDADA https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/jambo-uganda/armed-guards-have-replaced-students/ The administration building at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, is seeing few staff and students right now. The entire university staff is on strike, demanding a pay raise. The strike is starting to pit students against teachers.AMY MAESTAS/Durango Herald The... Mon, 26 Aug 2013 04:47:22 -0600 8B4C4DE5-BBE0-46C5-8C51-CAAC4B8891D6 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/jambo-uganda/plastic-bags-rwanda-an-example-for-durango/ Indeed, that is correct. At the airport, a large sign says “the use of non-biodegradable polythene bags is prohibited.” Word is that airport officials will actually confiscate your plastic bags if you even try sneak them in. Given the dozens... Sun, 25 Aug 2013 09:47:28 -0600 732CFD09-1254-44C4-8592-882DA3931CBF https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/jambo-uganda/durangoans-are-travelers-and-often-to-do-charity-work/ I have a penchant for maps. What probably could have been an hour-long visit was two hours, because I was more interested in the nurse telling me what stories she knew about these pins. More than once as she patiently... Fri, 23 Aug 2013 07:56:36 -0600 E5D78C2F-E8CA-489C-9D54-40587F016FF9 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/jambo-uganda/destination-kampala/ For a few weeks, I’ll be roaming through parts of this East African country that has a storied past but an uncertain future. Known as the “Pearl of Africa,” Ugandans are living in a era that is trying hard to... Tue, 20 Aug 2013 07:31:11 -0600 C6453C2D-9958-4159-80D3-B8EDE420B5D2