The Association of Women
Engineers, Technicians and Scientists in Uganda (http://www.wetsu.kabissa.org/)
"The mission of WETSU is to promote girls and women's participation
in engineering, scientific and technological education and work so as to enhance
development and uplift the status of women in Uganda."
The Budongo Forest Project (http://www.budongo.org)
"The Budongo Forest Project was set up as a conservation and research project
in 1990. This website provides information about the Budongo Forest and the work
of the Project."
Bujagali Hydro Project (http://www.bujagali.com)
Includes a wealth of information about the development of this hydroelectric
project, including World Bank and African Development Bank documents.
Centre for Basic Research, CBR (Kampala, Uganda) (http://www.cbr-ug.org/)
"Centre for Basic Research (CBR) was established in 1988 as an educational
trust, and then registered in 1990 as a Non-Governmental Organization. The establishment
of CBR was inspired by concern with the present situation in which more and more
local researchers were being drawn into short-run consultancies to meet immediate
financial needs, thereby turning long-term research into a prerogative of non-national
agencies."
Compasscomm (http://www.compasscomm.kabissa.org/)
"... A partnership with World Computer Exchange Inc. to distribute donated
computer equipment to schools and community centers in Uganda."
Federation of American Scientists (http://www.fas.org)
The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) "is the oldest organization
dedicated to ending the worldwide arms race, achieving complete nuclear disarmament,
and avoiding the use of nuclear weapons for any purpose." Whatever one's
views are on its goals, a search of the site yields valuable information on a
country's armament found only with difficulty elsewhere.
The Impenetrable Forest (http://impenetrableforest.tripod.com/)
"An unforgettable story of Uganda's endangered mountain gorillas and the
human cultures that surround them."
National Agricultural
Research Organization of Uganda (http://www.isnar.cgiar.org/hosted/naro/naro.htm)
"NARO is the National Agricultural Research Organisation of Uganda. It
represents the public-sector national agricultural research system. NARO is a
semi-autonomous organisation. established in 1992 by an act of Parliament."
National
Parks of Uganda (http://www.visituganda.com/nationalparks/natparksindex.htm)
In addition to lists of wildlife and birds, presents information about ten parks
in Uganda.
Uganda Bureau of Statistics (Entebbe) (http://www.ubos.org)
"The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) is the central statistical office
of Uganda. It conducts Censuses and Surveys which yield a wide range of economic,
social and demographic statistics."
World Health Organization (http://www.who.int/)
The official site of the WHO offers text in English, French or Spanish on its
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