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

Tall Stories

	With all this crazy talk of levelling Mabira Forest for sugar cane, you might feel you need to take some positive action. Why not start at home? You may already have a tree planting habit? Or fancy giving it a go. Well, you’re in the right place to have a try. Uganda has some of the best growing conditions in the world.                          More
Lodge Review: The Haven Eco-Lodge Jinja
	As the rest of the world plays catch up with ‘global warming’ and mandatory energy saving light-bulbs remain the ‘new’ key to a guilt free future, wind-generator engineer, Rainer Holst, has been battling the elements in Uganda to utilize the country’s rich potential for renewable energy in order to create a ground-breaking eco-lodge on the banks of the River Nile.                                                                  More
Restaurant Review: 2 Friends Restaurant
	We arrived at 2 Friends on a Wednesday evening and found it surprisingly busy for the middle of the week. Luckily the layout of the restaurant, which spreads over the garden of the building allows for just the right atmosphere of seclusion, without going to far and making it appear that you are the only people in the place.                                                                                                                                              More
Health Review : Malaria, Mozzies & Mzungu (Part 4)
	This is the 4th article in our series on malaria, if you want to read the others go on The Eye website and you will find the full or even expanded articles. We have covered the life cycle, the disease, the effect of immunity and diagnosis. We asked the question, why is a Pakwatch school boy who is bitten 5 times a night completely well most of the time.                                                                                                               More
Culture: Making Culture Shout
	Say "culture" and people might imagine a group of traditional bottom-shakers doing a dance they have seen hundreds of times before. Or an old fellow practicing things that priests do not really appreciate. Or just anything brownish, a bit smelly and ... expired.                                                                                                                                         More
Education: Learning French
	International academic standards for the only bilingual (French/English) school, cosmopolitan (25 nationalities), part of a French government subsidised worldwide network. French curriculum offered in both languages. Children enrolment from 2 years for Kindergarten, up to French Baccalaureate, the open door to French.                                                                                                                                           More
Hope Ward, International Hospital Kampala
	International Hospital carried out the first two cases of open heart surgery in Uganda in Aril this year. These were the repair of Atrial-Septal Defects (ASD) commonly known as a hole in the heart. The first person to have open heart surgery performed was Atwine Mark, a thirteen year old boy from Bushenyi.                                            More
Charity: Jinja Network for Marginalized Children
	Jinja Network for Marginalized Child and Youth (JN) is an innovative, unique organization, networking with Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Community Based Organizations (CBOs), Municipal and District Local Government and Trained Divisional Child Rights Advocates in Jinja. Before the inception of Jinja Network in 2001, NGOs / CBOs focusing on children and youths were largely ignorant of each others operations.                                                                                                                      More
Eco - Tourism: Budongo Forest Reserve
	Budongo Central Forest Reserve is the largest surviving Natural Forest in Uganda with a total surface area of 825 sq. km. It straddles across three Districts of Masindi, Hoima and the newly created Buliisa District. This is a true Forest!  Very little illegal activity and encroachment has ensured that the forest remains as Nature.                                                                                                                                           More