Kampala Archdiocese Launches Food Drive to Support Hunger-Stricken Karamoja Communities

What the report says

Nile Post reports that the Kampala Archdiocese has started a food collection campaign to assist communities in Uganda’s Karamoja sub-region facing acute food shortages after prolonged drought conditions linked in the report to climate change. The effort follows an appeal from the Bishop of Kotido Diocese, Rt. Rev. Dominic Eibu, who asked the Catholic Church to respond to the worsening hunger situation.

According to the report, Archbishop Paul Ssemogerere communicated the initiative through the Vicar General of Kampala Archdiocese, Msgr. Rogers Kabuye Mukasa. Collection points have been set up at Caritas Kampala offices, and the first delivery of donated food is expected to be taken to Karamoja on Friday next week. The Archdiocese is calling on Catholic faithful and other well-wishers to contribute as an act of solidarity with affected households.

Caritas Kampala Director Fr. John Peter Musumba said the humanitarian effort will run for three months and that the food gathered will be distributed to vulnerable people without regard to religion or background. Simon Peter Mukasa of Caritas Uganda said the campaign is accepting food items or cash specifically meant to buy food, describing food as the most urgent need.

The church-led drive comes after government relief operations in Karamoja, where Nile Post says affected households recently received emergency supplies including maize flour and beans. The Archdiocese says its intervention is intended to add to those efforts and help families still struggling with hunger in a region that has repeatedly faced drought-related food insecurity.