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Shakilah Bint Shiekh is a UNDP Communications Specialist. She is based in the Ruhiira Millennium Village, Uganda.
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Posted by Shakilah Bint Shiekh  |  Dec 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
Education • Health • Infrastructure • Mbola, Tanzania • Ruhiira, Uganda

High level Korean delegation witnesses achievements in Ruhiira

A high level Korean delegation visited the Millennium Village of Ruhiira, Uganda, on December 9, to witness achievements made possible by the partnership between the Government of Korea and Millennium Promise. Established in November 2008, this partnership known as the Korean Millennium Villages Project (MVP) is a five-year, $8 million commitment to support a pilot development program in Uganda and Tanzania. The . . . [more]

Posted by Margaret Wanjiku & Shakilah Bint Shiekh  |  Oct 30, 2009
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MDG Centres • Millennium Development Goals • Ruhiira, Uganda • Sauri, Kenya

Ethiopian Parliamentarians on MDG tour visit Kenya and Uganda MV’s

For the first time ever, more than 35 Ethiopian Parliamentarians took a two-week long tour in Kenya and Uganda in October 2009 to learn more about their counterparts’ efforts towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the region. The visit, coordinated by the MDG Centre, East and Southern Africa, and UNDP Ethiopia, . . . [more]

Posted by Shakilah Bint Shiekh  |  Jun 19, 2009 | 2 Comments
Health • Ruhiira, Uganda

Medical Equipment Donated to Ruhiira

General Electric (GE), the multi-national American technology and services conglomerate, has entered into a partnership with the Millennium Villages project (MVP) in Ruhiira, as a sign of its commitment to supporting Uganda to achieve the health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The company has donated medical equipment worth over $58,000 to the Uganda cluster. An assortment . . . [more]

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