Katine: A year in pictures

Children wait in line for de-worming tablets, as part of the immunisation programme in Katine. Immunisation coverage for children in Katine has increased from 89.3% by the end of the first year to 95.9% this year. Children have been immunised against eight killer diseases - measles, polio, tuberculosis, whooping cough, hepatitis B, tetanus, haemophilus influenza and diphtheria. The community vaccination programme being run by Amref is seen as one of the project's biggest successes to date Photograph: Martin Godwin/guardian.co.uk Elias Oluja, a lab technician from Tiriri health centre, takes blood samples from patients during his weekly visit to the lab at Ojom health centre. The lab was officially opened in February by the Ugandan health minister, Stephen Malinga, and the then international development minister Ivan Lewis . The two-roomed lab, opened as part of the Katine project, can test for HIV and malaria. More than 200 people queued up on the first day to get tested. Photograph: Dan Chung/Guardian Members of the community visit the Katine media resource centre , which opened at the Amref office in February. The centre is equipped with computers and cameras, a noticeboard and sideboards containing old newspapers and primary school books. Villagers can get IT training and set up email accounts. Two online chats between schoolchildren in Katine and the UK have been held in the centre. Photograph: Dan Chung/Guardian n February, around 20 members of the community were trained by Guardian staff in how to use Flip cameras as a way to record their stories and events in the sub-county. Four cameras and tripods have been left at the office and recordings will be sent back to London and uploaded on to the site. So far, four videos have been recorded by resident John Ogalo , including this one about the local school sports day. DVDs of films recorded by the Guardian have been left at the centre so Amref can show them on big screens around the sub-county . Photograph: Laurence Topham/guardian.co.uk Amref officers get together for the weekly staff meeting at the office in Katine. Photograph: Dan Chung/Guardian Children sit at new desks at Obyarai primary school. New desks have been distributed by Amref over the past year, along with textbooks. New classrooms have been built and teachers have received training in child-centred learning techniques. But a shortage of teachers being sent to Katine means class sizes continue to be large. Photograph: Martin Godwin/Guardian Repairing bicycles at Katine market. Mathew Echongu spends his days at Katine trading centre fixing punctures, repairing wheels and oiling chains. . He earns around UShs 1,500 ($0.72) a day. Photograph: Martin Godwin/Guardian Chinese construction workers build the road that will lead from Soroti to Lira, cutting through Katine. The road is a major part of the northern corridor that will link the port city of Monbasa in Kenya, through northern Uganda to southern Sudan. While the new road could be good news for trade, it has also raised concerns about the danger of speeding vehicles . Photograph: Dan Chung/Guardian Meet is prepared and sold at Katine market Photograph: Martin Godwin/guardian.co.uk Sheltering from the rain in Katine. The rains are becoming less predictable and a drought in parts of Uganda, including Katine, earlier this year destroyed crops and led to severe food shortages . The situation is getting better for those living in Katine, but some families are still surviving on one meal a day and hand-outs. Photograph: Martin Godwin/Guardian Women at Tiriri trading centre in Katine. Photograph: Martin Godwin/Guardian The children of Katherine Akhabo, who is HIV-positive, at home in Katine. Some people who are HIV-positive had begun reducing their doses of antiretrovirals because of the food shortages in the sub-county. A US-based NGO is now giving out food rations to help ease the situation Photograph: Martin Godwin/guardian.co.uk Village health team member Ruth Emolu and her children sing songs after dark in Abata village, Katine Photograph: Dan Chung/guardian.co.uk The Aloet Super Defenders team pose with the Barclays Premier League trophy as it goes on display in Katine for the Katine 09 football tournament in June. More than 40 teams from Katine and neighbouring sub-counties took part in the week-long tournament. Barclays, which is part-funding the Katine project, flew the trophy to Uganda to mark the occasion. Uganda's national squad, the Cranes , made an unprecedented appearance and played a local side to close the tournament. Photograph: Dan Chung/Guardian Morning exercises at the Ojom Community primary school in Katine. Photograph: Dan Chung/Guardian Children in Odwogai village, Katine, pose for a photo. Photograph: Dan Chung/Guardian Cassava farmer Simon Edangat, of Agora Aruka Puta farmers group in Katine, uses his mobile at his farm in Ogwolo village, Katine sub county. Mobile phones are increasingly being used by farmers to find the best place to sell their goods. A produce store under construction in Katine will allow farmers to sell in bulk and increase their profits. Photograph: Dan Chung/Guardian Emorikikinos village savings and loans group meet after been robbed of their savings. The group's treasurer was attacked by three intruders, armed with a machete, who stole more than UShs 4m (around $2,100) of the group's money. The group has vowed to continue saving. The robbery has raised questions about how to keep VSLA money safe Photograph: Martin Godwin/guardian.co.uk Villagers enjoy themselves in the evening at the Adamasiko trading centre, Katine. Many drink ajon, a local brew made from millet, play cards and dance to music in the evenings. Photograph: Dan Chung/Guardian