"NOTE EN TEKO":
Unity is Strength
In October 2023, LAUK completed a baseline Community Needs survey of 33 Households representing 132 Members of our Community (55 x 4 family members on average, using SurveyMonkey.Com). Of the members surveyed, the following top five (5) needs ranked highly among priorities expressed by our members namely:
- 30.36% stated that they were most concerned about their Health and Wellbeing or in need of some form of supportive information and activities to maintain good Health and Wellbeing.
- 24.30% of the respondents wanted Saturday school/club to teach Lango Language and positive cultural norms to the young people to improve and sustain a sense of belonging in them.
- 17.18% were concerned about the challenges young people face and wanted the community to engage more with young people and support them.
- 15.15% were concerned about the cost-of-living crisis and its impact on their livelihood.
- 12.12% wanted more support for the elderly in the 65+ age group especially those that fall within the at-risk category and need immediate support with food, shopping for essentials, and other errands including paying bills, collections of prescriptions.
Most of the respondents live in the London Boroughs of Newham, Tower Hamlets, Greenwich & Lewisham, Hackney, Dagenham, Bexley, Brent, and the rest in other London Boroughs.
LAUK Completed Community COVID-19 Feedback Survey of 55 Households in April 202o, using SurveyMonkey.Com. Of the members surveyed 10.81% were in the age groups 65-70, those above 70+ were 8.11%. Most of the respondents live in the London Boroughs of Newham, Greenwich, Hackney, Dagenham, Bexley, Lambeth and the rest in other London Boroughs. 5% of households have Covid-19 cases and 55% of the people were in high risk category as per government guidelines. Also 20% have Long term needs during the lockdown. 28.95% stated they need to keep active during the lockdown, while 5.26 wants help with food, with errands, paying bills, collecting prescriptions etc.
What is our organisation doing to tackle the effect of COVID-19? The pandemic has catapulted the organisation into action. We meet weekly and engage daily in our forums and other media to closely examine the needs of our community and to identify how best we can build the resilience of our community, self-reliance and additional support the people need.
Our Community Needs Survey October 2023
In October 2023, LAUK completed a baseline Community Needs survey of 33 Households representing 132 Members of our Community (55 x 4 family members on average, using SurveyMonkey.Com). Of the members surveyed, the following top five (5) needs ranked highly among priorities expressed by our members namely:
- 30.36% stated that they were most concerned about their Health and Wellbeing or in need of some form of supportive information and activities to maintain good Health and Wellbeing.
- 24.30% of the respondents wanted Saturday school/club to teach Lango Language and positive cultural norms to the young people to improve and sustain a sense of belonging in them.
- 17.18% were concerned about the challenges young people face and wanted the community to engage more with young people and support them.
- 15.15% were concerned about the cost-of-living crisis and its impact on their livelihood.
- 12.12% wanted more support for the elderly in the 65+ age group especially those that fall within the at-risk category and need immediate support with food, shopping for essentials, and other errands including paying bills, collections of prescriptions.
Most of the respondents live in the London Boroughs of Newham, Tower Hamlets, Greenwich & Lewisham, Hackney, Dagenham, Bexley, Brent, and the rest in other London Boroughs.
About Us
OUR VISION
Our Aims
- To relieve poverty, sickness and disease within the UK and in Uganda, particularly Lango Sub-region.
- To advance education in the history, culture, art and language of Langi people in the UK.
- To support African youth and their parents through education, in health, self-help and social enterprise.
- To promote the importance of health, access to medical facilities, and the pursuit of recreation through sport.
- To provide translation and project evaluation services across communities.
OUR PROJECTS
Did you know that almost 85% of poorest from Africa who rely on subsistence agriculture are currently experiencing most serious famine, poverty and lack seeds to cultivate due to COVID-19?
With your help, Lango Association (UK) Charity, will support the poorest and people disproportionately affected who may be Elderly, HIV patients, Single Mothers, People with Disabilities and orphans in Lango community (Uganda) to receive seeds for planting, expand their food basket, be better prepared for future challenges and improve their livelihood.
Good news is, it is starting to rain, and farmers are desperate to plant Beans and Maize in June 2020.
Your Donation of £100 by end of June could buy seeds for planting for 30 households that could help them stave off Hunger and Famine.
Can you help?
Click here to read about this and other projects which you can help realise, and make a difference.
OUR TEAM
Chairman
Geoffrey Odur
Geoffrey was elected to serve as Chairman Board of Trustees for Lango Association (UK) charity in November 2018. In Geoffrey, the charity business is in steady hand, with his vast experience in charity leadership which also included 5 years of service as Secretary Board of Trustees LAUK…
g.odur@langoassociationuk.org or info@langoassociationuk.org
Vice Chairman
James Ameny
James Ameny is the vice chairman, Board of Trustees (LAUK) re-elected in November 2018. James has worked with various charities both in Uganda and UK acquiring a vast knowledge in managing charity organisation activities.
James holds BSc. Public Health and MSc Public Health with strong background in HIV/AIDS prevention…
j.ameny@langoassociationuk.org
Secretary
Martin Odoki Lanek
Martin is the current Secretary for Lango the organisation. Martin has rich experience in engaging the community to improve outcomes and livelihoods. He is a very passionate professional who enjoys volunteering and engaging community members of different age groups into developmental activities. COMMUNITY
Annual Community Beach Trip
Community Beach Trips is a family event for community members to come together and participate in fun beach activities e.g. Beach volleyballs, popular beach game called “CORO” (Mweso) among others. It is also an inter generational event where elders engage with the young and impart knowledge in a non formal session. For this event, there is a shared hired bus. Also every household prepares a meal to share which promotes solidarity and community cohesion.
Sponsored Fundraising Events
During a recent London Marathon event, Geoffrey the current Chairman ran the London Marathon to fundraise for charity activities. Thanks to the goodwill from the community, his selfless efforts raised over £3000 to support the charity activities. The charity has been promoting more sponsored charity events as ways of raising money to support the charity. Please look out for future events for upcoming sponsored events and how to participate.