Patrick Ssentongo

What you need to know: Pregnancy, early marriage, poverty and harmful attitudes drive school dropout in Uganda About 1,000 teenage girls become pregnant daily and over a third marry before 18, undermining girls' education in Uganda, government figures show. Pregnancy, early marriage, poverty and harmful attitudes drive school dropout in Uganda UNICEF April 2026 publication says over 60% who start P1 leave before completing primary, 25% more drop out by end of secondary, girls most affected.

What you need to know: Raise the Roof Academy is a Christian institution with nursery, primary and secondary sections and more than 2,000 children The choir began in 2011, the same year the school opened. The choir has performed at weddings, school events and community programmes The bumpy road from Masaka city into Kalungu district gradually gives way to a quieter village life.

The visual arts residency attached to the Human Rights Are Universal Arts Festival is trying to solve a problem that begins after art school. How does a young artist turn talent into a sustainable practice? For many young artists, the difficult part begins after the classroom. A graduate may know how to draw, paint or conceptualize an idea, yet have little idea what happens when the artwork leaves the studio and enters the market. How do you price it? How do you present yourself?