I wanted to email those close to the site and highlight our new Return to Katine series, looking at progress in education, health, water and sanitation, and savings and co-operatives in Katine, Uganda. As a reminder, in October 2007 the Guardian began tracking a development project implemented by Amref in Katine, north-east Uganda. For three years we covered the highs and lows of development work and tried to explain processes. Our full-time coverage of the project came to an end in October 2010, as the Global development site launched, but we are returning to the sub-county over the next few years to monitor how the community fares when Amref withdraws. There is also an academic review of the first three years published in October last year too.
You can see all the articles here, and read an overview from Richard Kavuma - "When an NGO has been associated with a place for as long, and with a mandate as broad, as Amref has had in Katine, departing will naturally leave a void. Many people here praise Amref, and cite its impending departure as a challenge. The question remains, what will happen to all the community structures and services put up and supported by the project?"
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This press release is reprinted by Alanna Shaikh out of an obscure sense of guilt. It does not represent the opinions of Alanna Shaikh or any of her employers.
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