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Return to Katine

In 2007, the Guardian embarked on a three-year project to support development carried out by Amref and Farm-Africa in Katine, a rural sub-county of north-east Uganda. We regularly return to find out how the area and its people are faring

30 December 2017

  • John Opio, manager of the produce store in Katine, Uganda

    'Now Katine is famous': how a Guardian project wrought change in rural Uganda

    A project to help farming communities in a remote area of Uganda has brought greater prosperity to an area where living conditions were once dire

2 August 2016

  • Workers fill sacks of corn at a warehouse in Kampala, Uganda.

    Ugandan farmers seal grain deal with Kenyan firms

    A trade project to boost the incomes of farmers in Katine and Teso has resulted in a contract to export green grams and soya beans to Kenya

4 April 2016

  • Farmers pile up corn after it’s been shelled from the cob

    Project opens lucrative export market for 70,000 Ugandan and Tanzanian farmers

    Farm Africa’s initiative to increase farmers’ profits will benefit rural communities including Katine, supported by the Guardian since 2007

31 December 2015

  • 2015 12 04 Photos from Katine : Oranges near Charles Eyagu's garden in Katine after truck taking them to the Kenyan border got stuck

    Rain just one of the blessings as return visit sees Katine forging ahead

    Eight years on, communities in the Ugandan sub-county supported by Guardian readers are reaping the benefits of a health centre and boreholes

23 December 2015

  • Photos from Katine : Anna Grace Amayo in her piggery built with a loan from the cooperative

    'The future should be bright': Katine farmers ready to fend for themselves

    A loans fund paid for by Guardian readers’ donations has rejuvenated Katine’s farmers’ co-operative, with members seeking new ways to improve profitability

16 January 2015

  • Katine in north-east Uganda

    Katine villagers receive £60,000 following Guardian and Observer Christmas appeal

    Residents of sub-county in rural Uganda will use new deposit fund to bolster enterprise and protect fragile development gains

28 December 2013

  • Katine

    Help us give Katine's children a future they can look forward to

    Access to low-interest credit is crucial if this rural Ugandan community is ever to look after itself

27 December 2013

  • Katine borehole: Edith Apiango pumps water from a borehole in Katine

    Guardian and Observer Christmas appeal 2013: Farm Africa loan fund

    Tiny sums can have a big effect in Uganda, helping villagers help themselves to buy assets such as cows that can transform lives
    • Donate to our appeal here

29 November 2013

7 January 2013

  • MDG : People using computers gat use computers in the AMREF community media centre, Katine office

    Can a Ugandan village keep its computers running?

    Richard M Kavuma: Funding for Katine's computer centre runs out in a year, and it's down to local residents to come up with a sustainable plan

27 November 2012

  • MDG Katine

    Katine: cautious optimism about life after the NGO

    There's enthusiasm among farmers, but spending cash on 'capacity building' is a harder sell than building schools and health facilities, says Richard M Kavuma on his return to Katine

28 December 2011

  • MDG : Katine on Global Development Flickr group

    Catching up on Katine - in pictures

    Katine, in north-east Uganda, is home to around 32,000 people. For the past four years, the Guardian has been monitoring a development project in the area. In October, a team from the Guardian visited the area

12 October 2011

  • A woman and child on the newly resurfaced Lira road, Katine

    Amref targets a gradual and graceful withdrawal from Katine

  • MDG : Katine midwife : Tiriri midwife Esther Madudu

    Passionate Ugandan midwife takes her message abroad

4 October 2011

  • MDG : A young girl sweeps the dust at sunrise at Peter Erionu's compound in Katine

    Talk point: What has been happening in Katine?

    Liz Ford: In October 2011 we visited Katine in Uganda, where the Guardian has been supporting a development project. We asked for your questions before we went, to feed into our live blog, see them here

12 August 2011

  • MDG : Katine/Tiriri health centre

    Health in Katine

    Richard M Kavuma reports on health progress in Katine, Uganda. He has returned to the sub-county to catch up on the development work being carried out there

11 August 2011

  • Water pumped from a borehole in Katine

    Water and sanitation in Katine

    Richard M Kavuma reports on progress in supplying clean water to Katine

10 August 2011

  • A Katine village savings and loans group

    Farmers look to profit from savings and co-op groups

    Richard M Kavuma: Co-operatives to market farmers' produce collectively and to manage their savings are generating profits in Katine

9 August 2011

  • MDG : Amorikot primary school, Katine, Uganda

    Education in Katine

    Richard M Kavuma reports on education progress in Katine, Uganda. He has returned to the sub-county to catch up on the development work being carried out there

8 August 2011

  • Children play during sunset at Ogwolo village, Katine

    Back to Katine

    Richard M Kavuma returns to Katine, Uganda, to report on the development work being carried out in the sub-county
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