From Childhood to Motherhood – Understanding Teenage Pregnancy in Uganda Essay from Jeremiah Lucas Opira Memorial Contest 2023 Apollo Alice Merinda5th runner up, Category 2 According to the Ugandan Constitution (Children Act, chapter 59), a child is a person below 18 years of age. However, any person ranging from 13 to 19 years is a teenager. […]
Challenges and Solutions to Teenage Pregnancy Essay from Jeremiah Lucas Opira Memorial Contest 2023 Omara Emmanuel Okot2nd runner up, Category 2 Teenage pregnancy is a significant social issue that affects millions of young people around the world. Teenage pregnancy is when a female under the age of twenty gets pregnant. It usually refers to teens […]
Facing The Heat – Climate Change In Northern Uganda Essay from Jeremiah Lucas Opira Memorial Contest 2023 Henry Watum2nd runner up, Category 3 Northern Uganda is experiencing significant impacts of climate change, which include changing weather patterns, drop in water levels and increased frequency of extreme weather events like floods, as well as drought, […]
An Essay of My Opinion on the Increasing Rate of Teenage Pregnancy Essay from Jeremiah Lucas Opira Memorial Contest 2023 Nyerodwe Ponsiano 4th runner up, Category 2 Greetings to you all, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. My name is Nyerodwe Ponsiano, a student av Rev. Jabuloni Issoke Memorial College, S.3. I am seventeen […]
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Teenage pregnancy is silently killing the dreams of our girls Essay from Jeremiah Lucas Opira Memorial Contest 2023 Oola Andrew Keith3rd runner up, Category 3 Teenage pregnancy is termed as pregnancy that occurs amongst girls between 13 to 19. Teenage pregnancy is a problem that has spread widely like wildfire. In various parts of […]
Our hero – Tamar “Samali” Opira Today, on International Women’s Day, we want to take the opportunity to write about Tamar “Samali” Opira, who was the co-founder and initiator of JLOF. Her parents were pioneers in that they sent all their children to school at a time when education for girls was not valued and […]
How is climate change affecting people’s lives in the Northern region? Essay from Jeremiah Lucas Opira Memorial Contest 2023 Omara Emmanuel Francis3rd runner up, Category 2 Climate refers to the average weather condition of a place recorded for a long period of time, normally 40-45 years. Climate change simply refers to the abrupt change […]
Teenage Pregnancy Essay from Jeremiah Lucas Opira Memorial Contest 2023 Adokcen Lina Mable2nd runner up, Category 1 Teenage pregnancy is the pregnancy in young women and girls below eighteen years of age. A teenager is between thirteen and nineteen years old. Teenage pregnancy has affected the lives of teenagers in our country, Uganda. “Teenage pregnancy has […]
Climate Change in Northern Uganda Essay from Jeremiah Lucas Opira Memorial Contest 2023 Ageno-Rwot Esther Apio3rd runner up, Category 1 Climate is the average weather condition of a place recorded for a long time. In Northern Uganda, we experience tropical climate. It is because it lies in the tropics and has two seasons that are hot […]