Has Lockdown Hurt You? Come Hear What it Did To The Truly Vulnerable.

Reverend Father Bonifasio Senteza shares with Dr. J the conditions in Uganda under the Wuhan virus pandemic, and the annual Ugandan Martyrs celebration.

In Uganda,
• The child mortality rate (deaths among those five and under) in Uganda is currently 62 deaths per 1,000 children

• The average women in Uganda has about five children.

• About 47% of the population is under the age of 15.

• About 60% of women have their first birth before the age of 21

• Polygamy is relatively common: among married women in their 40’s, about 40% of them have a co-wife.

• Only 2% of women never marry.

• 60% of women are married by the age of 20

• Being separated is common: about 14% of married women over 30 are separated. Less than 2% are divorced.

• Being widowed is also common: about 10% of women in their 40’s are widowed.

• 80% of girl teens are literate, by contrast, only 50% of women over 40 are literate.

• 82% of boy teens are literate, and 75% of men over 40 are literate

• Less than 5% of households have a flush toilet.
o Less than 1% of all households have a private (not shared with another family) flush toilet that is connected to a sewer system.

• Only 30% of households have electricity.

• Only 4% of households own a private car
o 10% of households have a motorcycle
o 30% of households have a bicycle.

• About 45% of the population is Protestant, about 40% are Catholic, about 14% are Muslim

• About 5% of the population has HIV

DONATE:
www.missio.org/project/18218/Covid-19-Emergency-Food-Supply-Uganda-?localization=EN

Ugandan Hunger Pandemic:
www.irishtimes.com/news/world/africa/activists-protest-at-coronavirus-related-hunger-pandemic-in-uganda-1.4256507

Ugandan Martyrs Day:
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=ios_messages_extension&v=sdeN2kHijpY

Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse's Uganda Talk:
www.ruthinstitute.org/BlogRetrieve.aspx?PostID=1532388&A

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