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iCON Events in February 2012

February 2, 2012                                                                                 

iCON reminds you to confirm your attendance to the Uganda CSW working group meeting with the Director, Ministry of Gender, to be held on Friday February 3rd 2012.   iCON will be taking the debate on the 56th theme of the CSW live on air. So tune in to the talk show “Manya Eddembe Lyo” on... Read More No Comments »

iCON 2011 Highlights

February 2, 2012                                                                                 

Over 500 Children From Northern Uganda Oriented on Day of the African Child Over 500 children from three schools in Gulu ( Gulu Police Primary School, Alliance High School and Comprehensive College Gulu) were oriented on the Day of the African child. Under the theme “Together for Urgent Action... Read More

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Creativity for Peace Building in Gulu

February 1, 2012                                                                                 

The Creative Youth Entrepreneurial Development Group was developed by Claudia Kakanyero, an iCON Fellow, at the end of 2011. The group aims to eradicate poverty among the youth in Gulu through the creation of projects that engage idle youth in capacity building activities for the positive use of... Read More No Comments »

Transformation for the Next Generation

December 15, 2011                                                                                 

The late Rev Canon Bartholomew Musoke Zimbe is one of the most generous yet little known philanthropists of his generation. He gave up the privileged lifestyle of a Chieftain in the Buganda Kingdom for Christianity before devoting the rest of his life to advocating for the abolition of slave trade... Read More No Comments »

A Woman Before Her Time

December 15, 2011                                                                                 

Maama Theresa Mbire has always been described as a woman beyond her time! Trained as teacher and then widowed early in life, she applied her energies to raising six children. In an era when many women would have looked to re-marrying as an easy way out, Theresa started a string of business... Read More No Comments »

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