Facts About Uganda
- 97% of households use firewood
- 92% do not have electricity
- 48% of households have a radio
- 49% rely on word of mouth as main source of information
- 17% have no access to toilet facilities
- 56% are children below 18 years
- 12% live in urban areas
- Gender ratio is 95 males to 100 females
- Average household size is 4.7 persons
- One in every 25 persons has a disability
- Literacy rate 68%
- 61% have access to safe drinking water
- 77% engage in agriculture
- 1.8 million orphans have lost at least one parent
- 75% use kerosene candles (tadooba) as main source of light
- 4.5% have a TV set
- 77.4% still live on rammed earth floors though a majority have iron roofs
Those are such staggering stats, aren’t they? Thanks for posting this and getting the word out, Annie!
Awesome stuff! My wife and I live in Uganda helping orphans. We work for a Christian Orphan Program called Feed His Lambs here in Uganda. I’m happy to see what your doing! Keep up the good work! You can check out our blog at:
http://fhluganda.wordpress.com
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Mukama Ye Ba Zibwe!