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The Northern Ugandan Development Foundation is having their 4th Annual NUDF Fundraiser Dinner and Silent Auction. It will be a lot of fun where they will serve the authentic African dinner and a silent auction  The purpose of our dinner is to raise funds to build fresh water wells and improve the standard of living of the rural people in Northern Uganda. … Read More

Dr Opio is now in the company of other environmental giants such as Lindsay Williams and Dr. David Suzuki by having the NUDF story and his biography featured along side the others in a textbook called Creating Meaning Advanced: Reading and Writing for the Canadian Classroom. Just as it says in the link, The book is intended for advanced learners who … Read More

Building Effective Drinking Water Management Policies in Rural Africa: Lessons from Northern Uganda by Christopher Opio Key Points National governments should develop strong rural drinking water quality monitoring and surveillance programs to ensure that uncontaminated water is available in rural Sub-Saharan African communities. Governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) need to educate well users on proper transportation and storage of water … Read More

Chris Opio`s research on “Contamination of drinking water sources and associated health concerns in Northern Uganda.“ This Latest research in Northern Uganda project involved sampling water from NUDF wells, open sources, and that stored in peoples`homes in rural Northern Uganda. These water samples were taken to a central laboratory in Kampala (capital city of Uganda) for analyses. Conclusions from the … Read More

THANK YOU to everyone that has attended, made contributions and participated in our 3rd Annual African Dinner and Silent Auction.  The event was a HUGE SUCCESS, and we are very greatful! The 2012 3rd Annual African Dinner and Silent Auction was a great success and NUDF is very grateful to everyone who came  and contributed to the development of Northern Uganda.We were able … Read More

                                                 Alumni Award of Excellence  The chairman of the NUDF, above right, Dr. Christopher Opio receives Alumni Award of Exellence from the President of the university of Alberta, Dr. Indira Samarasekera for his humanitarian work in Northern … Read More

    This newspaper picture shows the culmination of the Prince George Library “Make Waves” reading challenge. For every book read during the challenge the library donated $1 towards the Northern Uganda Development Foundation with a goal of $2,500, which covers the cost of a new well in Uganda. Every time a local child told library staff about a book … Read More