A new children’s library recently opened at SOS Social Centre Gulu. It is the only children’s library in Gulu and was opened following donations of books by various organisations including UNICEF, Vision in Action, and the Gulu Rotary Club. The Gulu NGO Forum donated a computer which, it is hoped, funds permitting, is the first of many that will be in the library and will one day be connected to the internet. Another local community-based organisation donated the all-essential book shelves. Read more...

Family Strengthening Programme Gulu

Started as an emergency programme in 2002 as a result of the civil war in the northern part Uganda and is now fully aligned to FSP standards and guidelines. The programme operates in the four divisions of Gulu municipality. However, there are plans in 2010 to extend the services in one rural sub-county outside the municipality. A total of 500 participants were supported through the programme early this year, but this number has now decreased due to the 11 families that have successfully graduated off the programme and 5 families that have relocated back to their original communities as a result of the prevailing peace.