Uganda: Meet the residents of Katine

Wealthy farmer Esau Edonu with his cattle. Esau is cattle-rich but cash poor. Esau has six daughters, and has accumulated cattle through the marriage tradition of the husbands family giving cows to that of the bride Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian

Simon Edangat in the farmer's co-operative store. Half the money from the Guardian's appeal will go towards developing the co-op and providing a much needed loan faciility for farmers to borrow money to develop their businesses Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

Pupils at Katine Primary School, dressed in their pink uniform dresses and shirts. For many education is often interrupted by family chores such as fetching water and working in the fields.
Photograph: Dan Chung/The Guardian

One of the successes of the Katine project has been to increase the numbers of girls in education Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian

The Katine project helped rebuild schools and provide educational materials. It also succeeded in transferring community-run schools into the state system. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian

Mothers wait with their children at an immunisation programme against the eight childhood killer diseases at the Ojom heatlh centre. Photo by Dan Chung Photograph: Dan Chung/The Guardian

Workers crack rocks for house foundations by the side of the road at Ochuloi in Katine Sub-County. Photo by Dan Chung Photograph: Dan Chung/The Guardian

The congregation at Sunday morning prayers in Katine catholic church. Photo by Dan Chung Photograph: Dan Chung/The Guardian

A child with malaria, Martha Akwango (8 months), with her mother Janet Awor (21), in a ward at the Katine health centre Photo by Dan Chung Photograph: Dan Chung/The Guardian

Young men and boys play in the flood waters in Katine Photo by Dan Chung Photograph: Dan Chung/The Guardian

A baby is injected during a UNEPI immunisation program for babies at the Katine health centre. Mothers and babies sit on the ground waiting to be immunised. Photo by Dan Chung
Photograph: Dan Chung/The Guardian

Ajon drinkers of Amorican group in the IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) camp. Ajon is a powerful home-brewed beer drunk communally through straws made of hollow sticks.
Photograph: Dan Chung/The Guardian

A meeting of a Katine Village Saving and Loan Association, which allows community members to band together to save money and take out loans that are essential for everything from developing small-scale businesses to paying for health bills Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian