Overview of Uganda

As researched by the Navigator Students

Uganda: Health

Only 49% of Uganda households have access to health care.

Child morality has occurred 140 out of 1000 because of unsafe drinking water

2003 Uganda ministry of public health reported an outbreak of cholera located along the Semliki and Lamia rivers.

Most people in Africa Are not able to afford Good health care.

Many of the death's occur because of unsafe drinking water

Many people in Uganda are poor and poverty is a huge factor in bad health

Food in Uganda. What food did people eat in Uganda?In Uganda people eat harvest things like sun flowerseeds. They eat something called Matoke which is agreen banana which they fry for a long time andlooks like mash potato. Why people eat food in Uganda? People eat food in Uganda to stay healthy. Who grow food in Uganda? Farmer grow food in Uganda.Where did people get food in Uganda?Most of the people grow things in their own land.

By Deepan and Suman

Government

Republic (power within the people) 18 + years to vote Independence Day is the national holiday – October 9th Checks and balances Branches: Executive (president, vice president, prime

minister, cabinet), Legislative (Parliament), Judicial (courts: magistrate, high, supreme, of appeal)

80 districts Current president: Yoweri Museveni Capital of Uganda is Kampala

Uganda's Sports Uganda's people have many past-times and sports. Here are some examples.SoccerRugbyRunningChessBiking KarateHere are some peculiar sports played:Netball (Just Like Basketball, Except played with no backboard and different ball)Goat Racing (Watch Goats Race and Place bets.)

Literacy in Uganda What - Literacy is Writing, Reading. The population in Uganda who write are 66.8% of all the people in Uganda. The percent for Females are 57.7%, and for males is 76.8% .

Why – At first the men in Uganda only wrote, till the government started to let the women learn to Read and write.

Examples- The reason why the government let the people of Uganda, is that so people could have an easier time getting a job. Also, how to read different languages and they learned to write because they could Communicate to others.

EntertainmentEntertainment varies from the sublime to the ridiculuous.In Kampala

and other towns of Uganda, Discos are very much the order of the day, Ange noir and Club Silk being the leading dance halls. Some of the disco clubs present every day while others have particular

days. Their music usually varies from night to night in style that is ; House Reggae,Caribbean,Western music one night and African the other .It is extremely loud all nights and no Hotels in the city

centre are immune. You there fore have to learn to dance or move out. For sports , usually nature walks are organized by various

travel agents to various mountains like Mt .Elgon, Mt. Rwenzori, Mt Mgahinga and many other mountains .Walks are organized and

many more . There is a Golf course located opposite the Fairway Hotel with a pleasant bar and patio Cafe Sailing and boating is

also a recreation activity around all water bodies of Uganda like on Lake Victoria not leaving out white water Rafting on the Nile. For Tennis courts,there is one at Luggogo on Jinja rd , another one at

Sheraton in the city centre and another one at the American Recreation Association,Makindye Road .

Environmental issuesNavigator

Uganda has environmental issues all over the country. Some of the issues are:...

drained water for agriculture use. deforestation. overgrazing their cattle.soil erosion. In lake Victoria they have water hyacinth in the lake. And everywhere they have poachers poaching.

These are some of the issues in Uganda.

Uganda Agriculture

80% of people in Uganda are farmers!

Subsistence Commercial

70% of farming is subsistence farming

Coffee 39% of Exports

Women do more then men .

Cut flowers varilla Vegetabos Cotton tea tabcco

Food crops – plantins cassava and sweet potontos and bannanas

There are 2 types of farming:

PovertyPoverty

Who: The people in Uganda

What: Not having everything you need

Where: In Uganda

Why: Many reasons; not being prepared, not getting a good education, living in a place with many resources, etc.

When: Present, and past.

Where: In Uganda

Poverty is important because it causes people to have a scarcity of what they need because they cant pay for things, like taxes and other resources.

If people couldn't pay for (for example,) groceries, the grocery stores would not get much money, and the people working at those stores would become poor, too, causing an economy breakdown.

Clothing and Fashion

Traditional Uganda clothing and accessories, come from skins, belts, aprons, girdles, hairdressing, and hairdressing. In additional, a

Ugandan may sport facial, neck, arm, and leg ornaments. Here is a brief glossary of Ugandan clothing styles.

1-Akaliba= Long hair goat skin, usually tied around the waist, for dancing.

2-Ebinyege= Leg rattles worn by boys in the Orunyege dance.3-Ebitambaala= African head pieces.

4-Ekikoyi= Mulit-colored Ugandan cloth worn most often by woman on special occasions or

Celebrations as a long skirt, or belt around the waist.

ResourcesThe Four Ws:What: Uganda has copper, tungsten, cobalt, columbite-tantalite, gold, phosphate, limestone, iron one, hydroelectric power.Where: Victoria Nile, in Uganda, supplies hydroelectric power to the southern part of Africa.When: The resources were here from the domestication time of the plants and animals.Why: You need resources to survive and prosper. Importance: Resources are important because you can trade with other people for things you need; we need it for our livestock; also we need it to eat and survive and live life.Examples:Farming: Water is a key resource when farming. You need water to nourish the crops and also to hydrate your livestock. You also need water for cash crops that can be used to sell and trade.

Agriculture in Uganda

Makes up most of the industry and almost all of Uganda's exports

Coffee is 23% of the agriculture exports

Other crops are cotton, tea, tobacco, corn, beans...

Farming can be done all year round in the south because Uganda is on the equator, but it is still seasonal in the northern part of the country

20% of employees in the country are involved in agricultureThe photo is from

http://sitemaker.umich.edu/section7group4/agriculture

A picture of a coffee plantation in Uganda.

Foods of Uganda

Exported foods: tea, coffee, sugar, honey, pineapples, avocado, fish (and fish by-products), dairy products

Common crops: Bananas, sweet potatoes, corn, beans, nuts

Dishes: Steamed or smoked fish, plantain cake, veal (cow) curry w/ bananas, sweet potato and pea soup, Kashata na nazi (Ugandan Coconut candy)

Pollution in Uganda

Uganda: Language

Uganda was once a British Colony, so English is the official language. Many other

languages are spoken as well because there are many different ethnic groups. They kept separate languages because

after the British left, these groups became individual tribal kingdoms united in one

republic.

ENGLISH BANTU SWAHILI

NIGER-CONGO

NILO - SAHARAN

TRIBAL

DIALETCS

LUGANDA

Wildlife What is wildlife?

Non domesticated animals

What animals?1)Big game2)Birds3)Fish4)And etc.

Sources:https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/photo_gallery/ug/photo_gallery_A1_ug_1.html

Uganda ResourcesUganda has substantial natural resources:

fertile soils regular rainfallsmall deposits of copper, gold, and other minerals, recently discovered oilPetroleumHydro powerResources for commercial importance

Economy in Uganda~Uganda has substantial natural resources, including fertile soils,

regular rainfall.

~Copper, gold, and other minerals, and recently discovered oil.

~Agriculture is the most important sector of the economy, employing over 80% of the work force.

~Coffee accounts for the bulk of export revenues.

~Main Exports- Coffee, fish and fish products, tea, tobacco and cotton.

~Main Trade Partners- Kenya, Belgium, UAE and the Netherlands

~Each day they produce 4,000 pairs of shorts for export to the United States from Uganda.

~Several textile factories have set up creating thousands of jobs in a country where few job opportunities exist.

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Entertainment in Uganda

Sports are a big part of entertainmentin Uganda. Some examples are:White Water RaftingFootball (soccer)

Dancing and Music are also a big part of entertainment in Uganda. Some styles of music are House Reggae, Caribbean, and

Western. People can enjoy most of thesestyles of music at night in casinos and nightclubs.

Night Life: Many people in Uganda

enjoy going to night clubs and casinos when the hours of daylight are over.

Shopping is also entertainment for some people in Uganda. Places these people like to shop areUchumi Supermarket and Kenjoy Supermarket.

Nature: Tourists who visit Ugandalike to watch wild animals roam the Land. A popular animal to see is theMountain Gorilla.

Uganda is located in Eastern Africa, west of Kenya and east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Uganda is mostly a plateau

Uganda is in Africa

236,580 square kilometers, roughly the size of Great Britain or the state of Oregon in the United States.Rwenzori ranges which span a length of 60 km forming an imposing natural border with Democratic Republic of Congo

In 1862 the British explorer, John Hannington Speke, stood in awe looking at the falls after making tortured and frustrated journeys and fruitless arguments with fellow explorers Burton and Grant.

At the southwestern tip of Uganda are three extinct volcanic mountains: Muhabura, Gahinga and Sabyinyo

The Ugandan Currency

The Ugandan Shilling replaced the East African Shilling in 1966.In 1966, coins were introduced in denominations of 5, 10, 20 and 50 cents and 1 and 2 shillings. The 5, 10 and 20 cent coins were struck in bronze, with the higher denominations struck in cupro-nickel. The 2 shilling was only issued that year. In 1972, cupro-nickel 5 shilling coins were issued but were withdrawn from circulation are now very rare. In 1976, copper-plated steel replaced bronze in the 5 and 10 cent and cupro-nickel-plated steel replaced cupro-nickel in the 50 cent and 1 shilling. In 1986, nickel-plated-steel 50 cent and 1 shilling coins were issued, the last coins of the first shilling.In 1987, cupro-nickel-plated-steel 1 and 2 shilling and stainless-steel 5 and 10 shilling coins were introduced, with the 5 and 10 shilling curved-equilateral heptagonal in shape. In 1998, coins for 50, 100, 200 and 500 shillings were introduced. Denominations currently circulating are 10, 50, 100, 200 and 500 shillings.

Government of Uganda

People can vote when they are 18

They have a Representative Democracy

80 administrative districts

Uganda became an independent country in October 9th, 1962

President is Lt. General Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. He has been in power since January of 1986.

The president has 5 year terms.

Health

Geography

Religion in Uganda41.9% are Roman CatholicRoman catholics are the theological system of any of the churches of western Christendom that separated from the roman catholics during the reform.

42% are ProtestantProtestant is an adherent of protestantism

12.1% are MuslimA beleiver in or fallower of islam.

3.1% are another religion

0.9% are no religion

Economy-All The Things People Do to Make a Living

Grown Manufactured

Bananas Paper

Coffee Cotton cloth

Tea Beer

Tobacco Soft Drink

Cotton Soap

Corn

Beans

SesameNatural Resources

Copper

Gold

Oil

Their three main jobs are farming, restaurants, and government.

Uganda ResourcesUganda has substantial natural resources:

fertile soils regular rainfallsmall deposits of copper, gold, and other minerals, recently discovered oilPetroleumHydro powerResources for commercial importance