Rubaga Friends
- a non-profit, tax-exempt charity
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www.rubagafriends.org
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ABOUT UGANDA
Uganda
Some Uganda Facts
(mostly 2009 estimates)
- Independent republic 1962
- Official language is English
- Population:
32 million ≈ 5½ x AZ
82% in agriculture
- Life expectancy at birth:
53 years (78 years in USA)
- Annual GDP per person (PPP):
$1,100 ($47,000 in USA)
- Total GDP: Agriculture 29% 
Industry 25%
Industry 25% Services 46%
- Coffe is an important export
- Currency is Shilling (UGX).
Aug. 09: 1 US$ = 2,100 UGX
Geography
- Equator runs through Uganda
- Sources of the Nile
- 90,000 sq.m. ≈ 4/5 of AZ%
- Some natural resources:
Copper, cobalt, hydro-
electric power, fertile land,
and good climate
- Landlocked - neighbors are:
Kenya
Tanzania
Rwanda
Dem. Republic of The Congo
Sudan
- Fifteen % of area is water
Climate
- Avg. day temperature. ≈ 85F
- Annual rainfall ≈ 65-70 inches
- Relative humidity ≈ 70-80%
Many ethnic groups, each with their own language and cultural traditions, live within the colonial boundaries created earlier under English rule.
Decades of guerilla wars and human rights abuses followed independence in 1962. Since 1986, the rule of President Museveni has brought more stability to the country, but conflicts in neighboring countries continue to spill over and cause anxiety also in Uganda.
The recent unrest after the Kenyan election had adverse effects on for example fuel supplies in Uganda, which are taken by trucks from Mombassa through Kenya.
Like in many other countries HIV/AIDS has become a tremendous problem. Malaria, however causes more deaths. At intervals, the feared Ebola virus is a serious health threat. The latest outbreak was in November 2007. The disease is virtually untreatable and the mortality rate is very high. Frequent armed conflicts and illnesses are the important underlying factors of the orphan problem.
The Rubaga Community School is located in a suburb of Kampala not far from Lake Victoria and just north of equator
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From Lake Victoria
From The Nile
