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Grainne Harrington is a multimedia journalist based in Kampala, Uganda. She used to work at BBC World and currently contributes to a wide variety of publications, including AFP and France24. @GIHarrington.
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One third of Ugandan school children won’t make it to the end of their primary education, but that could change, thanks to a women’s technology organization and a British NGO whose coding lessons encourage them to stay in school and give them crucial skills for the future.
Uganda’s underfunded health system struggles to effectively treat the country’s growing number of cancer patients. But for the terminally ill, a small hospice organization has come up with a homemade pain relief treatment that has revolutionized end-of-life care.
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