FABIO

The challenge

Ugan­da has many trans­porta­tion and infra­struc­ture issues that make life dif­fi­cult for the pop­u­la­tion. Espe­cial­ly in rur­al areas of Ugan­da, access to safe and afford­able trans­porta­tion is non-exis­tent. In order to have access to mar­kets, edu­ca­tion­al insti­tu­tions, health cen­tres, etc. many have to walk long dis­tances, often trans­port­ing heavy things on their heads or backs. There is no safe infra­struc­ture with a sus­tain­able trans­port pol­i­cy and even for the few avail­able reg­u­la­tions, imple­men­ta­tion is still a prob­lem. Anoth­er prob­lem is that unem­ploy­ment remains high, espe­cial­ly among youths who are the major­i­ty of the Ugan­dan pop­u­la­tion. Fur­ther­more, cli­mate change and pol­lu­tion affects all coun­tries around the world and are increas­ing­ly impor­tant issues also in Uganda.