The GLOBAL CLIMATE STRIKE → SEP. 20–27 2019, marked a global concern of women, girls, men, boys and youths about the impacts of climate change as a human rights issue. Over 7.6 Million people globally joined hands and raised their voices in defence of the climate.
The 28 May marks menstrual hygiene day globally and annually. This specific day is dedicated to educating and informing people especially girls and women about menstruation. Menstruation is the periodic shedding of the lining of a woman’s uterus. This occurs monthly for about 3-7 days to every normal and healthy woman. The average age to […]
Our Director’s Message: on the 12/12/18,Foundation of Integrated Rural Development joined the world to commemorate the Universal Health Camps day in Walela a hard to reach community where young girls and boys, adolescents and, men and women have challenges to access Health Care and services. Today we are delighted to reach over 5000 community […]
‘We won’t stop until every girl is safe’ today our prevention of violence against children’ team together with Raising Voices team and DIS engaged through a school based focus group discussion with good school committee of parents, teachers and children and parents at one of the primary school where great discussions around prevention and response […]
One child, one teacher, one pen and one book can change the world; a quote by the daughter to a teacher, Malala Yousafazi. Rightly so, teachers are the first guiding step in the big world. Without a mentor over our heads, a guide to distinguish right from wrong, we would all be bodies without the […]
“The right to educate means the right to a qualified teacher”, this theme was chosen to mark the 70th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights (1948) where education is recognized as a key fundamental right. A right that cannot be fulfilled without teachers, trained and qualified teachers are fundamental to the right to education. […]
A good teacher can inspire and ignite the imagination and instill the love of learning. “Brad Henry” As we celebrate the world teachers’ day this year 2018 we should also try recognize the fact that teachers are important to every community on the planet, they contribute to each aspect of society and their influence touches […]
Teachers and pupils have a mutual relationship that places one at a disadvantage in absence of another, their decisions and actions affect each other. Based on this special relationship, certain expectations have to be met in order to thrive in the classroom environment.Gradually, some spoken or unspoken rules and systems have been established between these […]
Worldwide, the proportion of older persons (aged 60 years and above) stands at 11% and it’s anticipated to double by 2050 (UNDESA 2013). In sub-Saharan Africa, older persons comprise 5% of the population (UNFPA 2012). In Uganda, the current population of older persons is estimated at 1.6 million (5% of the population) and it is expected […]
With an aim of developing a district based adolescent health committee through which the policy can be disseminated to the community in order to enhance service standards and effective implementation of the policy on SRHR/YFS in Lira and Alebtong Districts. FIRD Uganda believes in ending child marriage and teenage pregnancies by empowering young people/adolescents with […]