World Vision Uganda

World Vision started working in Uganda in 1986, assisting communities in the ‘Luwero Triangle’ in central Uganda to resettle and rebuild their infrastructure after the 1981–1986 war. Activities extended to Arua and Nebbi districts in north-western Uganda to address poverty and the lingering destruction from the 1978–1979 war. World Vision then moved into Gulu in 1988, commencing relief programmes for internally displaced people at the start of the ongoing conflict in northern Uganda.

Hoima and Masindi districts, in western Uganda, were the next areas to come on board with the initiation of projects to tackle poverty and health problems. Then, in 1991, projects were started to address HIV/AIDS problems and to support orphans in Rakai and Masaka in southern Uganda.