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Katine villagers receive £60,000 following Guardian and Observer Christmas appealResidents of sub-county in rural Uganda will use new deposit fund to bolster enterprise and protect fragile development gains
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Katine's farmers struggle in face of floods and droughtGuardian teams up with Farm Africa for this year's Christmas appeal to help train the Ugandan village's farmers in business and marketing and, crucially, providing access to capital
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Uganda: Meet the residents of KatineThe Guardian has supported Katine for the past six years, helping to improve the lives of thousands of marginalised villagers in rural north-east Uganda
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Reviewing Katine
To mark the midway point of the Katine project, and ahead of mid-point reviews to be conducted by our independent evaluator and Amref, Madeleine Bunting examines progress in each of the project's five components
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Can a Ugandan village keep its computers running?Richard M Kavuma: Funding for Katine's computer centre runs out in a year, and it's down to local residents to come up with a sustainable plan
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Katine: cautious optimism about life after the NGOThere's enthusiasm among farmers, but spending cash on 'capacity building' is a harder sell than building schools and health facilities, says Richard M Kavuma on his return to Katine
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Catching up on Katine - in picturesKatine, in north-east Uganda, is home to around 32,000 people. For the past four years, the Guardian has been monitoring a development project in the area. In October, a team from the Guardian visited the area
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Amref targets a gradual and graceful withdrawal from KatineLiz Ford: Amref's phased withdrawal from the Uganda-based development project will take the form of a two-year plan worth £240,000
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Health in KatineRichard M Kavuma reports on health progress in Katine, Uganda. He has returned to the sub-county to catch up on the development work being carried out there
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Water and sanitation in KatineRichard M Kavuma reports on progress in supplying clean water to Katine -
Farmers look to profit from savings and co-op groupsRichard M Kavuma: Co-operatives to market farmers' produce collectively and to manage their savings are generating profits in Katine -
Education in KatineRichard M Kavuma reports on education progress in Katine, Uganda. He has returned to the sub-county to catch up on the development work being carried out there
Guardian and Observer readers raise £340,000 for Future Africa charities
Christmas appeal closes with donations totalling £200,000, with a further £140,000 expected from match funding and Gift Aid