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What kind of people, the film asks, would not do something about the little Ugandan girl who lies dying in its opening scene, tiny, desperate and obviously in pain? What kind of people could ignore such suffering, or, perhaps even worse, feel shocked or sympathetic but do nothing...
...sound of shuffling feet announces her entrance as dozens of youngsters rise from their seats to chant in unison: "We welcome our headmistress." Jane Kansiime, who runs the Kamwokya primary school in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, silently reviews the students, who stand politely at attention, five to a bench. Most wear the navy-and-turquoise school uniform, but other colors speckle the crowded classroom: a yellow shirt, a red dress, a white blouse. "We are not rigid here, as long as a child can come," says Kansiime, 40. "It's not the clothes that make the child learn." Six years...
...which funds nearly half the country's $2 billion annual budget. This year, Uganda received $760 million in foreign grants, more than eight times the savings from reduced loan repayments. "Debt relief catalyzed donors to increase their spending," says Keith Muhakanizi, director of economic affairs at the Ugandan Ministry of Finance. Still, Uganda's needs far outstrip its ability to pay. In the past four years, the country has borrowed $1.5 billion to build schools, clinics and roads. Total debt now stands at $4.3 billion. Meanwhile, collapsing coffee prices have pummeled its export earnings, further undermining attempts to escape from...
Days on Nair's set, populated by longtime collaborators, begin with group yoga, which is followed by a healthy dose of ribbing by the director. "I directed Gabriel Byrne entirely in a Ugandan accent," she says proudly. How will her move into more mainstream films affect this familial way of working? Nair isn't too apprehensive. "When I have passion for something," she says, "I'm a weirdly kind of fearless person...
Though some Western experts criticize the Ugandan paradigm as “moralizing,” it’s the only African anti-AIDS strategy that has actually worked. Bush is correct to identify it as an example for other countries to follow...