Where we work

 Uganda in general

Population: 30.262.610 (+/- 2007)
Surface: 236.040 km2
Capital: Kampala
President: Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
GNP per head : $1.900 (+/-2006)
Child mortality: 67 per 1000 - 134 out of 1000 children <5 years (+/-2007)
Life expectancy: men: 50,78 years - women: 52,73 years (+/- 2007)
Infections with AIDS: 4,1% (+/-2003)
Access to drinking water: urban areas: 87% - rural areas: 56% - average: 60% (2004)
Access to sanitation facilities: urban areas: 54% - rural areas: 41% - average: 43% (2004)
Illiteracy: men: 20,5% - women: 39,6% (+/-2003)
Natural resources and export products: coffee, tea, fish products, cotton, flowers, copper, cobalt, gold, limestone, salt

Bee Acholi however,focuses northern Uganda and in particular Kitgum district, a relatively isolated district that has suffered heavily from the Ugandan civil war of the past decades.