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Enabling the people, their families and their communities to meet basic needs and to increase their ability to participate in and benefit from their society, especially, by improving access to quality education; improving access to quality healthcare; empowerment of women; and the conservation and preservation of our environment.

Welcome to Nile Care Inc

Nile Care is a not-for-profit organization registered in the state of Wisconsin, and has tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Service’s Code (IRS). It is an independent organization without political agenda or religious orientation and is run by volunteers from West Nile in Diaspora (USA and Canada) and their friends. The focus of the activities of Nile Care is uplifting the lives of the less privileged and the rural poor in West Nile.

Background

The civil conflict (expulsion of Idi Amin from 1978-1979, subsequent rebel activities from 1980-1986 and Lords Resistance Army (LRA) rebel activities from 1986-2007) that remained localized in the districts of Northern Uganda for more than twenty years created a tremendous humanitarian, social and economic crisis.
According to sources from Uganda National Household Survey, 2005/06 and the Northern Uganda Baseline Survey, 2004, Northern Uganda which comprises of five regions (West Nile, Acholi, Lango, Teso, and Karamoja) lags behind other regions in all areas of development. Despite reductions in poverty since 1992 in the rest of the country, the north has continued to show persistent high poverty levels, with 70 % of the population in Northern Uganda living below the poverty line (The Northern Uganda Baseline Survey, 2004). Poverty is higher in the rural areas (73 percent) than in the urban areas (43 percent). The literacy rate for males is 82 % (Uganda National Household Survey 2005/06) which is higher than that of females (40 percent).
The West Nile sub region, which is one of the five regions in Northern Uganda, with an estimated population of almost 2 million have experienced the devastating impact of the war on basic services — such as schools, clean water, food production and health clinics. Although the government of Uganda has development projects in the conflict-affected areas, the continued lack of sufficient funding, and speedy implementation of the development projects has slowed the fight against poverty, and increased despair in the population in the West Nile region. Social development indicators reflect similar trends within the northern region. A concerned group of the West Nile Community in the Diaspora (USA and Canada) founded Nile Care Inc (Nile Care) in an attempt to respond to the social and economic crisis in West Nile.