I have met beauty, all summed up in the face of one little boy, Kibila. It was my first time seeing sapphire eyes and the experience is unbelievable when you look straight to them. #sapphire #uganda #africa #portrait #everydayafrica #portraitmood #portrait_perfection #portrait_ig #iganga #eyes #thechildrenoftheworld (at Uganda) https://www.instagram.com/jjumbamartin/p/CXf0YBULTzL/?utm_medium=tumblr
On assignment with French Development Agency. (AFD) AFD mobilized various financial instruments to support the environment and bio diversity through setting up regulatory frameworks and sustainable management of continental aquatic ecosystems.
The assignment was done along the shores of Lake Victoria, the second largest source of fresh water in the world.
Through analyzing water over a period of 4 years, WaSAf research project (launched in 2015) revealed that the lake is being colonized by algae and micro organisms.
The research revealed a proliferation of cyanobacteria in Lake Victoria, contributing to the deoxygenation of the aquatic environment, which in turn leads to the degradation of water quality. The data collected on the lake’s eutrophication process shows the disruption caused to ecosystem functioning and the impact on the local population’s water supply. Findings from the studies warn of the toxic risks to the health of people living on its banks, posed by excessive concentrations of algae and micro-organisms in the water.
Let me tell you a short photo-story about Ugandan coffee from the Elgon region. The altitude and environment this coffee enjoys are two of the reasons for its distinctive flavor. That aroma reminiscent of fine wines.
The coffee from this region is grown with love by locals in humble conditions. There are no large farms, so everything is home grown by men, women and children.
The region is remote and accessing it took us a 2 hours trek combined with some steep climbs.
Visiting this place will make you appreciate that unique full-tasting cup of Arabica coffee an extra.
This 42-day long lockdown got me setting up a studio in my living room about a week ago to take photos of my son Zaabu and just 2 days ago, @rahmashooz passed by for her birthday shoot. I am seriously considering leaving the photography equipment permanently stationed here. #portrait #bnwmood #jjumbamartin #portrait_perfection #uganda #kampala #birthdayshoot #studio #f2 (at Kampala, Uganda) https://www.instagram.com/p/CROh5ilLbD1/?utm_medium=tumblr
Among the Acoli and Lango peoples of Northern Uganda, the calabash isn’t only a water vessel but also is a baby shield used to protect infants from the rays of the sun. #uganda #africa #mothers #babies (at Uganda) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIfDUUTrEPc/?igshid=uzhy977ogexv
Would you imagine that 1.8 BILLION people globally use a source of drinking water contaminated with feces?
Recently on assignment with @water_compass an organization whose strategy is definitely working, trying to make clean water accessible to people along the cattle corridor ( specific in Sembabule and Masaka) but targeting communities where disease transmission is most likely occur.
These guys install water systems that pump water from underground, which is available all year round, clean for direct consumption and very affordable.
During the 2 days’ shoot, a number of facts were broken to my ears and they’re quite worrying.
Imagine; - Diarrheal disease is the second leading cause of death of children under five years of age in Uganda.
- 35% of the rural population in Uganda does not have access to a safe water source
- Hygiene and sanitation related diseases currently contribute to 70% of the disease burden in Uganda.
- Only 17% of the rural people in Uganda have access to improved sanitation
Please check out their website to support the cause.
With about 21 million people in Uganda lacking clean water, the COVID-19 pandemic hit us at a time that we were so vulnerable. Luckily, we seem not to do so bad statistically.
Last year, I worked on two projects whose main concern was hygiene and sanitation in Kampala slum populations and the facts we found of ground were over-whelming.
Uganda currently has a very delicate relationship with her longtime friend, Rwanda. The situation just makes me Miss Rwanda. Beautiful country. Beautiful People. This was taken in 2017, on assignment for @tugdk #uganda #rwanda #byumba #wash #children #hygiene #teachers #hills #1000_hills #kigali #africa #jjumba_martin (at Byumba) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9WKqgnnbEE/?igshid=1rehw7os9sv4p
Uganda currently has a very delicate relationship with her longtime friend, Rwanda. The situation just makes me Miss Rwanda. Beautiful country. Beautiful People. This was taken in 2017, on assignment for @tugdk #uganda #rwanda #byumba #wash #children #hygiene #teachers #hills #1000_hills #kigali #africa #jjumba_martin (at Byumba) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9WKhJJnCdo/?igshid=1e5ugxv5jfbch
Uganda currently has a very delicate relationship with her longtime friend, Rwanda. The situation just makes me Miss Rwanda. Beautiful country. Beautiful People. This was taken in 2017, on assignment for @tugdk #uganda #rwanda #byumba #wash #children #hygiene #teachers #hills #1000_hills #kigali #africa #jjumba (at Byumba) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9TrlgrnTnK/?igshid=9r7yz6o4srdi
King Mwanga II, who reigned from 1884 to 1888, was widely reported to have engaged in sexual relations with his male subjects.
Researcher Ambrose Mukasa said: ‘It is documented that King Mwanga II had many young men in his palace and was sodomizing them at his will.
‘When missionaries introduced Christianity and some of the young men were baptized and taught about the dangers of homosexuality, they started denying Mwanga the usual “pleasure” he used to get from them.’
Mwanga reportedly became annoyed and went wild wondering how mere pages had started disobeying him. He clashed with the missionaries. He instructed the killing of all the young men who disobeyed him – with the executions taking place between 1885 and 1887. And the murdered young men were considered martyrs because they resolved to die for their new religion rather than surrendering their bodies to the king.
The word Bbaffe in Buganda kingdom means ‘our husband’. All subjects in Buganda under Mwanga, including men, were instructed to refer to king Mwaga as Bbaffe because to him, men were also his wives.
‘Even men referred to king Mwanga II as Bbaffe which means that he was free to sodomize any man he wanted after all he was the husband for all men and women,’ said an elder in Buganda, Siomon Mugere.
On April 1899, Mwanga was forced out of his kingdom and exiled by the British into the Seychelles Islands, where he was detained until his death.
Founder of global fashion jewellery brand Adrian Buckley of Buckley Jewellery completed and opened his first orphanage build this week in Uganda! Congratulations!
Pictured is the completed orphanage and The Archbishop of Kampala who was asked to bless the building at the opening.
