The Eye Uganda                                                                                                                                                                                        

The Eye is a free bi-monthly magazine containing listings and directories, maps, reviews, tour and travel information plus articles of interest. It highlights everything to do with Uganda, from hospitals to hotels,shops to sporting events and from embassies to entertainment. It is distributed for readers and advertisers through national and regional airlines and tour operators, the airport information office, foreign diplomatic missions and NGOs, selected restaurants and bars, supermarkets and gift shops, all major hotels in Uganda, the Uganda Golf Club and government offices including the Uganda Wildlife Authority.

Articles in This Issue

Hope For A Lost Tribe: The Ik’s Hunt For Survival

	Whilst carrying out research for this article I asked several Ugandans about their experiences of the Ik people in the northeast of the country.  Not one of those that I asked knew to which people I was referring.  Today only a small number of the Ik remain, living perched on the top of the Rift Valley Escarpment on the border with Kenya and Sudan, 420 kilometres northeast of Kampala in the District of Kotido.                                                                                                                                     More
On Course - Blowing Smoke
	With the number of vehicles hitting the road, ever on the increase, a concern over the level of pollution that some of these smoke-billowing vehicles cause is a major concern.  However, we have to face the fact that vehicles using the internal combustion engine as the main source of power are going to be around for a long time.                                                                                                                                         More
Share the Road: Staying Safe onUganda's Roads
	There are entire books written on the nasty things that can affect you when you are living or travelling in Africa – crazy worms that nest in your skin or parasites that honeymoon in your liver.  Most of these things are pretty tough to get if you take reasonable precautions as outlined in the majority of Africa health literature.                                                                                                                               More
Happy Children with Hearty Appetites
	When I was at medical school, the hottest issue for young mothers was potty training. Whenever a midwife, GP or paediatrician held a child care course, the first subject they wanted to discuss was how to let a baby poop.                           More
Wine Appreciation Course - Part 4
	All sparkling wines start life as still wines and have the sparkle added later. The crucial factor in the quality of every sparkling wine is how the fizz is added. The fermentation process naturally produces carbon dioxide gas (CO2) - the waste product of the yeasts devouring the sugars.                                                  More
What is Chiropractic?
	Chiropractic specialises in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of conditions which are due to mechanical dysfunction of the joints and the effects of those conditions on the nervous system. Chiropractic is the third largest independent healing profession in the western world, after medicine and dentistry.                   More
The Kids League Uganda
	It is a hot and dry October morning on a Saturday in Gulu Town.  Crowds of children stride purposefully down the dusty roads leading to Pece Stadium.  Inside the stadium, a few parents stand on the sidelines, chatting together while keeping an eye on clusters of players milling about on the pitch.                                                   More
When Will My Child Read?
	In 15 years of working in primary education, my single biggest struggle has been pressure from parents about their child’s reading.  For some reason, reading is often used by parents, particularly of young children, as a measure of their child’s abilities.  It is not!                                                                                                                     More