Millennium Villages

Apr 26

Improved Eyesight Gives Patients a New Lease on Life in Ruhiira

By Natalia Mroz

Thanks to an annual eye care initiative launched in 2011 in Ruhiira by the Millennium Villages Project in partnership with the Tommy Hilfiger Foundation, villagers like Mzee Rwebituzi are able to regain their sight and their lives.

Apr 30

Social and Emotional Learning in Ruhiira, Uganda

By Golda Calonge

The practice of cross-generational sex (CGS), has extremely negative impacts on school-age girls in Uganda, increasing their risk of HIV infection and reducing their self-esteem. The service and emotional learning (SEL) initiative in the Ruhiira Millennium Village aims to provide support and education for vulnerable adolescent girls. Above is a photo of girls participating in Eminyeeto, a young women's empowerment program in Ruhiira.

Feb 07

First Caesarian Section Sees Healthy Mother and Baby in Ruhiira

By MVP

For mothers and newborn children in the Ruhiira, Uganda Millennium Village, a new operating theatre at the Rwekubo Health Center can mean the difference between life and death.

Feb 06

Crowd-Sourcing CHW Scale-up - Part I

By Dr. Prabhjot Singh

In part one of a two-part blog series, Dr. Prabhjot Singh explains the origins of the One Million Community Healthcare Workers Campaign and how the campaign will be using crowd-sourced input to inform and drive its activities.

May 07

Video: Documenting Successes in Uganda and Kenya

By Lauren Isenman

I had the wonderful opportunity this spring to visit two Millennium Village clusters, Ruhiira in Uganda and Sauri in Kenya, with a group of extraordinary donors.

May 13

Ruhiira Goes Bananas for the Fruit

By Joelle Bassoul Mojon

In the cold morning air heavy with mist, green waves rise gently from deep valleys up to Ruhiira’s hilltops then flow downwards again, engulfing small villages.

May 28

A Tale of Two Villages

By Joelle Bassoul Mojon

Ruhiira and Katine. The former is located in the southeast of Uganda, the latter in the northwest. One is a stable village, the other a post-conflict community.

Jun 12

Health care boosted by a special training in Ruhiira

By Anubha Agarwal

Sounds of laughter intermingled with thumping feet and clapping hands ring across the room as community health workers (CHWs) in Ruhiira perform a traditional Baciga dance.

Jun 19

Medical Equipment Donated to Ruhiira

By Shakilah Bint Shiekh

Martins Okongo, opens the boxes General Electric (GE), the multi-national American technology and services conglomerate, has entered into a partnership with the Millennium Villages project (MVP) in Ruhiira, as a sign of its commitment to supporting Uganda to achieve the health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Dec 21

High level Korean delegation witnesses achievements in Ruhiira

By Shakilah Bint Shiekh

A high level Korean delegation visited the Millennium Village of Ruhiira, Uganda, on December 9, to witness achievements made possible by the partnership between the Government of Korea and Millennium Promise.

Apr 13

Millennium Promise Japan: Using sport to connect schoolchildren in Japan and Uganda

By Naomi Handa-Williams

Through sports, we can connect without words, and it is upon this belief that Japan-based NGO Amitie was founded, and they use this idea as a means of realising their vision of promoting development and cross-cultural understanding.

Aug 22

“Ekirooto,” the Dreaming Weaver Cooperative

By Diana Sierra

The jewelry trade empowers Ugandan women in the Millennium Village of Ruhiira.

Jan 05

Empowering Women: the Force Behind Ruhiira’s Best Restaurant

By Naomi Handa-Williams

Lunch time in Ruhiira? Look no further. ‘Fang Fang’ is the place to go for yummy matooke (bananas) and beans. The woman behind this thriving micro-business is Tumushabe Boneconcila, whose entrepreneurial spirit is doing much to both improve the quality of her own life and radically shake up ideas of traditional gender roles in the community.

Jul 19

Spokes of Change: Community Health Workers

By Johnny Falla

Did you know that one single community health worker can provide care for up to 750 people in rural Africa?

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