2. UGANDA  THE PEARL OF AFRICA

3. MAJOR INDICATORS  POPULATION OF 27 MILLION PEOPLE  56% ARE CHILDREN BELOW 18 YEARS  12% LIVE IN URBAN AREAS  GDP OF 6.4 BILLION DOLLAR  LITERACY RATE 68%  77% SUBSIDE BY AGRICULTURE / UNIMPLOYED

4. MAJOR INDICATORS  8% HAVE ELECTRICITY  5% HAVE TV SET  48% HAVE RADIO  49% WORD OF MOUTH AS MAIN SOURCE OF INFORMATION  AVERAGE FAMILY SIZE 5 PERSONS  PERCAPITA INCOME$300.00

5. MAJOR INDICATORS  UGANDA HAS THE BIGGEST FRESH WATER LAKE- L.VICTORIA  THE SOURCE OF THE LONGEST RIVER IN AFRICA- R.NILE  HAS FERTILE SOILS  STABLE GOVERNMENT  GOOD CLIMATE  LOTS OF TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

6. CHURCH INDICATORS  85% CHRISTIAN  30% BORN AGAIN BELIEVERS  UGANDA HAS THE FASTEST GROWING CHURCH IN AFRICA  NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF BORN AGAIN CHURCHES HAS GROWN FROM 120 CHURCHES IN 1990 TO OVER 15,000 NOW  80% OF NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE COMES FROM MISSION GROUPS IN EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE

7. BURDEN OF DISEASES

8. Health indicators IndicatorFigures Life expectancy at birth42 years Infant mortality rate increasing97/1000 Probability of death before 5 years14.3% Under-five mortality rate147/1000 Total fertility rate(birth per woman)6.9 Maternal Mortality Rate506/1000 Population per hospital bed870 Contraceptive use15% Population Growth Rate3.3% Deaths caused by preventable diseases75% Malaria15.4% Respiratory Infections10.5% Prenatal Conditions20% Diarrhea8.4% Aids9.1%

9. Disease burden  Maternal conditions 20%  Malaria 15.4%  Respiratory tract infections 10.5%  HIV/AIDS 9.1%  Diarrhea 8.4%.  Over 38% of under 5 years are stunted and 25% are underweight and 5% wasted

10. Health indicators  Over 1.5 million people are HIV positive of which 0.9 million have full blown AIDS.  The majority of those who are affected with HIV/AIDS disease in Uganda unfortunately are within the bracket of 15 to 40 years, which is where the majority of the labor force come from.  Women form the majority of people affected by HIV.  The prevalence of HIV has gone down from 30% in 1990 to 9% in 1999 and 6.5% in 2003 due to ABC approach by Government.

11. Medical Services  The Doctor- Patient ratio 1:18,700  Total Health work force 18,102  Medical specialists 269  57 State hospitals, 44 NGO hospitals and 5 private hospitals (most of which are poor equipped or not equipped at all).  Only 49% of households in Uganda have access to health care facilities

12. LIFE CENTERS  BITING POVERTY Ø MICROFINANCE PROJECT Ø VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS Ø PUBLIC SCHOOL PROJECT Ø REHABILITATION PROGRAMS FOR THE WAR/AIDS AFFECTED PEOPLE Ø AGRICULTURAL TRAINING Ø MEDICAL FACILITIES Ø MOBILE HOSPITAL Ø CULTURAL CENTER

13. OPPORTUNITIES  BUSINESS Ø EXPORT INCLUDING CRAFTS, AFRICAN WEAR, FRUITS, COFFEE Ø INVESTMENT IN AGROBASED INDUSTRIES E.G. BEEF, FRUIT JUICE PROCESSING AND MINING

15. CONTACT  H.E.L.P. MINISTRIES  BISHOP RICHARD FENNER  66733 CR 652  MATTAWAN, MI 49071,USA  866-668-7729  DR. ABED BWANIKA  CHRIST WITNESS CHURCH  P.O BOX 25765  KAMPALA, UGANDA  256-75-650917