Where in Uganda

For simplicity, Uganda is divided on this site into regions to explain its demographic layout and our interest.

Central

The Baganda people are the largest single tribal group holding about 17% of Uganda’s population. Baganda occupy key positions in politics, education and business.

Uganda's capital city, Kampala hosts about 5% of the nations populations and is within Baganda's land, Buganda, from which the modern name Uganda is derived.

We have some activity in this region.

Eastern

MV worked in eastern Uganda for the first seven years (1997 - 2002) with the Basoga and Bagwere people making up 10% of the population. The Bagisu are found further east around Mbale making up 5%. We have some activity in Jinja and Mbale.

South Western Districts

Banyankore take up 8% of the national population and are the second most prolific tribal group in the nation after the Baganda, rivaled closely by the Basoga, east of the Nile.

Since early 2002 we have concentrated through indigenous ministries in south-western Uganda amongst the Banyankore people and in the following Districts:

Kiruhura, Mbarara, Ibanda, Isingiro, Bushenyi, Kabale, Kisoro.

Northern Uganda

The Acolli and Langi people take up 10% of Uganda’s population and share similar languages.

They have suffered the greatest hardships in the last 20 years under the terrorizing activities of Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army. They have pillaged villages, raped women, mamed and killed, and stolen children for slaves and soldiers. The government is making a strong effort to bring a conclusion to the atrocities. There are many humanitarian agencies in the area.

Gulu, Kitgum and Pader Districts have been a target area for MV for some time requiring a dedicated field coordinator. It is also be a good launch pad for access into southern Sudan. We are hopeful this will unfold in the near future.

North-east Uganda

The Iteso, Karamoja and Sibei people of northeastern Uganda take up 10% of Uganda’s population and share similar languages. The Iteso people are settled agrarian pastoralists, originating from the Karamoja.

The Karamoja are semi-nomadic pastoralists and have a reputation for being poor, uneducated, primitive and volatile. Their lifestyle as armed cattle rustlers has made them an isolated people living a dangerous area. This is a needy area that would require a dedicated field coordinator.

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