From Lake to Table: Climate Change, Fishing and the Working Women of Nalubale, Eastern Uganda
Photographer Aida Namukose captures the intergenerational stories of three women who rely on Lake Victoria in Jinja, Uganda for their livelihoods. Nalubale Village is a small informal fishing village on the shores of Lake Victoria, less than 10km from central Jinja in Eastern Uganda. The humble settlement has little more than 30 homes, two shops, […]
Life in a Flood Zone: Kampala’s Nakivubo Channel
Flooding is the greatest climate risk facing Uganda. At least 50,000 people are directly impacted by flooding every year – the aftermath of which includes displacement, destruction of property, endangered economic activity, poor physical and mental health, and loss of life. Erratic rainfall and its consequences have significant implications for the people and built environments […]
See Change: Visualising the Urban Climate Crisis
Climate change has crucial impacts on our life: today and in the future. It can seem like an issue which is too big or too abstract for people to respond to effectively or to consider in their everyday lives. To help respond to the growing challenges posed by climate change, GENERATE partnered with the […]
See Change: Visualising the Urban Climate Crisis
Climate change has crucial impacts on our life: today and in the future. It can seem like an issue which is too big or too abstract for people to respond to effectively or to consider in their everyday lives. To help respond to the growing challenges posed by climate change, GENERATE partnered with the FOTEA […]
‘We are like solar panels, we don’t move away from the sun’: Akalimu: A Pop Up Exhibition
On 19th July 2022 we hosted a pop-up exhibition of Jim Joel Nyakaana’s ‘Akalimu’ project in Nakasero Market, Uganda’s oldest public market, in downtown Kampala. The exhibition featured commissioned photographs taken by Jim Joel that detail the challenges faced by young men working outdoors in a changing climate in urban Uganda. The photographs were taken […]
We are like solar panels, we don’t move away from the sun’: Young Men in Urban Uganda
In 2022 Jim Joel Nyakaana travelled to the cities of Kampala, Gulu, Jinja, Fort Portal and Masaka to capture the lives of young men whose outdoor livelihoods are increasingly affected by climate change in Uganda. These photos were exhibited in Nakasero Market on 19th July 2022. Fort Portal ‘I arrive at work at about 7am so as to […]