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11th August, 2025

Mobile Play Hub launch to Expand Early Childhood Development Services... Iganga District, Uganda – Nascent RDO-U in partnership with ICDI (International Child Development Initiatives) has officially launched an innovative Mobile Play Hub, a flexible...

21st July, 2025

Empowering Adolescents Through Menstrual Health and Peer Support Access to accurate information, practical skills, and supportive environments remains critical to the wellbeing and development of adolescents, particularly girls. In many...

11th June, 2025

Joy, Laughter and Learning: Bubaka Play Hub Celebrates International Day... Iganga, Uganda, June 11, 2025 - Bubaka Play Hub came alive with colour, laughter and boundless energy as Nascent Research and Development Organization (Nascent RDO-U), through the...

27th February, 2025

Nascent RDO convenes webinar on Early Childhood Development: Advancing investments... Nascent Research and Development Organization (Nascent RDO-U) led a high-level webinar on Thursday, 27 February 2025 to galvanize investments in Early Childhood Development (ECD)...

6th December, 2024

Empowering Young Voices to Combat Child Labour: Community Hackathon Concludes... MBALE, Uganda - From December 2nd to 5th, 2024, the Elgon region of Uganda witnessed an inspiring showcase of innovation, collaboration, and youth empowerment during a four-day...

27th October, 2024

Parents are happy about the launch of the newly constructed... IGANGA - During the first few years of life, a child's brain develops at an astonishing rate, forming the basis for cognitive abilities, social skills, and emotional resilience....

29th September, 2024

A dramatic entry and emotional exit of an impactful project Uganda has seen a sharp rise of child labour cases. According to the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), the percentage of children aged 5-17 engaged in child labor rose from 14%...

12th June, 2024

Commemoration of the 2024 World Day Against Child Labour. Theme:... KAMPALA - 12th June of every year marks the commemoration of the World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL), which is an International Labour Organization-sanctioned holiday first...

7th January, 2024

Nanyidik Bull Roasting and Education Festival - Celebrating a new... MOROTO – Karamoja sub region, one of the mineral rich regions in Uganda, has most of its people living in acute poverty without affording basic needs of life such as food,...

13th June, 2023

Commemoration of the 2023 World Day Against Child Labour. Theme:... KAMPALA - Uganda joined other countries around the world to commemorate the World Day Against Child Labour under the theme “Social justice for all: End child labour!” in an...

15th December, 2022

Advocacy and Learning - Uganda’s accelerated steps in eliminating child... KAMPALA - The efforts made in fighting against child labour in Uganda seem to be insufficient according to the latest survey report by Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), which...

11th December, 2022

First permanent classroom blocks to be constructed in Nanyidik, Rupa,... MOROTO - According to a new report by Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), more than 6 million children in Uganda aged 5 - 17 are engaged in hazardous and exploitative work that...

7th December, 2022

The rate of child labour is alarming. Global estimates indicate... Globally, the rate of child labour is alarming. Global estimates indicate that 160 million children-63 million girls and 97 million boys were in child labour globally at the...

19th October, 2022

Household mapping in Timingorok in Moroto & Alibamun in Nakapiripirit... The work No Child’s Business project scaled up to additional four new villages in Moroto and Nakapririrt Districts. Nascent RDO leads direct implementation using the area-based...

12th June, 2022

Commemoration of the 2022 World Day Against Child Labor. Theme:... KABAROLE - The State Minister for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations, Col (Rtd) Charles Engola Macodowgo has said when children do not receive education, chances of them...

15th December, 2021

Commemoration of the 2021 World Day Against Child Labor. Theme:... MOROTO - Selina (not real names) aged 14 years is one of the children who has been engaged in mining from the time she was 7 years. She is currently a primary six student but...