APP News Archive
APP’s Strategy and Healthcare Advisor, Dr Hannah McLean, nominated in 2012 Health Awards
23 April 2012
APP is pleased to share the wonderful news that Dr Hannah McLean, APP’s Strategy and Healthcare advisor, has been nominated in the following two of 12 categories of the BMJ (British Medical Journal) Group Improving Health Awards 2012, which recognise excellence in medical practice More...
APP is Recruiting for a Correspondence Studies Officer in Uganda
19 April 2012
African Prisons Project (APP) is an innovative charity founded to improve access to healthcare, education, justice and community reintegration for prisoners in Africa. APP works to establish a new model for imprisonment in Africa, based on a respect for human rights and prisons as places of positive transformation. APP’s work is built on three pillars: infrastructure development; formal and informal education, which ranges from functional adult literacy to helping prisoners and prisons staff study for degrees by correspondence with British universities; and community sensitisation. As our charity continues to grow and to offer more support to prisoners and their families in Africa, we are looking to appoint a Correspondence Studies Officer, based in Uganda to oversee all aspects of the running of the APP correspondence programme; from developing support materials to recruiting students. At present, APP are supporting eight students (inmates, ex-inmates and prison staff) to study for their Diploma in the Common Law or LLB Degree. More...
APP is Recruiting for a UK Fellowship Officer
19 April 2012
African Prisons Project (APP) is an innovative charity founded to improve access to healthcare, education, justice and community reintegration for prisoners in Africa. APP works to establish a new model for imprisonment in Africa, based on a respect for human rights and prisons as places of positive transformation. APP’s work is built on three pillars: infrastructure development; formal and informal education, which ranges from functional adult literacy to helping prisoners and prisons staff study for law degrees by correspondence with British universities; and community sensitisation. As our charity continues to grow and to offer more support to prisoners and their families in Africa, we are looking to appoint a Fellowship Officer, based in the UK to oversee all aspects of the APP fellowship programme. More...
APP Volunteer, Mark Allison, updates us on his work
16 April 2012
ark Allison, a UK-qualified solicitor, has been working in a voluntary capacity with APP... More...
In Prison but Still on the Field: Sports at Upper Prison Boma
11 April 2012
Juliet Naturinda, APP staff member, shares the details of the recent sports tournament at Boma... More...
APP is Recruiting for a Country Director in Uganda
10 April 2012
African Prisons Project (APP) is an innovative charity founded to improve access to healthcare, education, justice and community reintegration for prisoners in Africa. APP works to establish a new model for imprisonment in Africa, based on a respect for human rights and prisons as places of positive transformation. APP’s work is built on three pillars: infrastructure development; formal and informal education, which ranges from functional adult literacy to helping prisoners and prisons staff study for law degrees by correspondence with British universities; and community sensitisation. As our charity continues to grow and to offer more support to prisoners and their families in Africa, we are looking to appoint a Country Director, based in Uganda to oversee all aspects of the running of APP in Uganda; from budget and resource; to project planning and management. More...
APP congratulates Catherine Wood on winning the Development Award…
10 April 2012
APP warmly congratulates Catherine Wood, Head of In-Patient Services for Havens Hospices, UK, who has been honoured for her work by winning the Development Award in the 2012 International Journal of Palliative Nursing Awards (IJPN); this is in recognition of the inspirational work Catherine is doing to implement and improve specialist and end-of-life care within parts of Uganda. More...
‘What makes a social entrepreneur?’
2 April 2012
Drive? Determination? Passion? Vision? Luck? Risk Taking? Recklessness? ... More...
APP welcome new chair
2 April 2012
APP welcome Farida Anderson MBE, as the new chair of the trustee board... More...
Get active and raise funds for APP - we need you!
31 March 2012
APP is partnering with the Foundation for Social Improvement (FSI) and The Rotary Club of Kew Gardens to help raise funds for the work of APP... More...
Alexander McLean, APP Director General, selected as 2012 TEDGlobal Fellow
31 March 2012
APP is delighted to announce that Alexander McLean has been selected as one of 19 new TED Fellows for 2012 all of whom will be joining the TED community in Edinburgh for the TEDGlobal summer conference which has as its theme: Radical Openness. The themes of the global conference are international in nature with a wide range of speakers and participants and include the famous TED University, with those attending sharing their knowledge with others. TEDGlobal is now held annually in Edinburgh... More...
Computer Class Completes Training
31 March 2012
I.T. trainer, Peter Angelo, shares an update of the I.T. training at the APP resource centre... More...
The 3rd Annual Justice, Law & Order Sector (JLOS) Open Day – The View from the Ground
26 March 2012
APP was represented at the 3rd Annual JLOS open day by Emmanuel Oteng; APP's University of London Coordinator who endeavors to seek collaborations for our access to justice programs and share our work within other networks... More...
Climax of the African Prisons Project Sports Tournament in Condemned Section, Luzira Upper Prison
8 March 2012
APP fundraiser, Sam Muhumza shares his experience of attending his first APP sports tournament... More...
Murchison Bay Primary School Library opens with great success!
16 February 2012
On Tuesday 14th February, African Prisons Project was delighted to host an opening ceremony celebrating the completion of Murchison Bay Primary School library... More...
APP are seeking a legal adviser to join council of advisers
24 January 2012
APP are seeking a volunteer legal adviser to join the council of advisers... More...
APP are seeking a volunteer choir master
23 January 2012
APP are seeking a creative volunteer to join the team in Uganda as a Choir Master... More...
APP donates soap and foodstuffs to inmates during Christmas
10 January 2012
On 24th December, APP brought smiles to the faces of inmates and staff... More...
Christmas event in Uganda was a great success
10 January 2012
Finlay Wood, the APP Fundraiser in Uganda shares about the APP Uganda Christmas event... More...
Spiritual Support Volunteers Needed
10 January 2012
APP is now recruiting for spiritual support volunteers... More...
Opportunities to join APP as a project volunteer in Kampala, Uganda
9 January 2012
The African Prisons Project(APP) is an innovative charity founded to improve access to healthcare, education, justice and community reintegration for prisoners in Africa. APP is looking for volunteers to assist us in the implementation of our 2012 project implementation in a range of different areas. More...
APP are Recruiting for a part-time accountant in the UK
5 January 2012
APP are looking for an accountant, fully qualified, to be responsible for the management of their accounts in both the UK and Uganda... More...
APP are Recruiting for a Head of Education
5 January 2012
APP are recruiting for a Head of Education to lead our education team and take full accountability of our projects... More...
APP are Recruiting for an Administrative Consultant
5 January 2012
APP are seeking an experienced volunteer to take up the post of Administrative Consultant for six months in Uganda to advise and assist us enhancing and improving our administrative systems and process... More...
Our New Office Space.
19 December 2011
APP is incredibly pleased to announce its partnership with 3Space (www.3space.org) 3space.org More...
Overview and Celebration of 2011
15 December 2011
2011 has been a very busy and successful year for APP and a time of growth and ambition... More...
APP Resource Centre holds successful computer class in first term
15 December 2011
Chief Education Officer, Glorias Asiimwe reports that great work is being done in transforming lives through the different programmes provided by APP... More...
University of Westminster give opportunity for a prison staff or ex-inmate to study in the UK
15 December 2011
APP is delighted to announce that the University of Westminster will be awarding a member of prison staff or an ex-inmate a full scholarship to study in the UK at the University of Westminster... More...
APP Trustee Paul Cavadino shares about his recent visit to see APP in action in Uganda
15 December 2011
I spent a fascinating week in November seeing APP’s work in action in Uganda... More...
It is with fond memories that we remember the life of Ted Ward
15 December 2011
It is with fond memories that we remember the life of Ted Ward, one of APP's founding supporters, who died this October. Alexander McLean shares about Ted Ward. More...
Internship Opportunities – Fundraising , Corporate and Community Relationships
8 December 2011
The African Prisons Project (APP) have an exciting opportunity for four interns, ideally joining in January 2012, to help implement and deliver an ambitious fund-raising strategy. More...
APP’s Scholarship Programme Has Eight New Recipients
21 November 2011
The African Prisons Project (APP) has announced the eight new recipients of its Scholarship Programme who will now commence studying, fully funded, for either the Diploma in The Common Law or Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree, via correspondence with the University of London. More...
APP Freedom Vibes Concert
6 November 2011
29 October saw APP hosting its Freedom Vibes Concert in the splendid St Mary’s Church, Lace Market, Nottingham. More...
APP’s partnership with the charity Book Aid International
31 October 2011
APP is pleased to announce it is partnering with Book Aid International and values and recognises all the benefits this partnership will bring to APP and the inmates, prison staff and prison families it serves. More...
APP Education Advisor to Speak at International Conference About Work With APP
26 October 2011
Maria Cotera, APP’s Education Advisor, will be speaking as part of a panel that will discuss ‘Library Users in Turbulent Times’ at the Internet Librarian International Conference, in London on 28th October. More...
Devex Announces its Top ‘40 under 40’
19 October 2011
Alexander McLean Receives Honour by Inclusion in ‘The Devex London 40 Under 40’ List of Key International Development Leaders. More...
APP is proud and delighted to announce that it has won the Clifford Chance Access to Justice Award
18 October 2011
Clifford Chance, the leading international law firm, announced, on 6 October, that APP has been chosen as the winner of the Clifford Chance Access to Justice Award 2011. More...
Functional Adult and Baby classes underway at Luzira community complex.
12 October 2011
In September, APP’s education department, headed by Miss Glorias Asiimwe, established classes for the families of prison staff in Luzira, Kampala. More...
Reverend Michael Selwood joins APP as volunteer Prison Chaplain
12 October 2011
After seeing an advertisement in the APP monthly newsletter, Reverend Michael Selwood volunteered to travel to Uganda as a Prison Chaplain – his journey begins tomorrow and he will stay with the APP Uganda family until December. More...
Freedom Vibes Music Concert
5 October 2011
The African Prisons Project is looking forward to holding the ‘Freedom Vibes’ fundraising concert on Saturday October 29th. Come and join APP to experience a colourful night of multiculturalism, fun, entertainment and a stage bursting with talent. An event not to be missed! More...
Miss Glorias Asiimwe’s report on her trip to Puerto Rico and the UK
8 September 2011
Miss Glorias Asiimwe's report on her trip to Puerto Rico and the UK More...
Celebrating the Life of Lord Boston, QC
22 August 2011
Celebrating the Life of Lord Boston, QC More...
Get involved
17 August 2011
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Newsletter APP April - July 2011
7 August 2011
Newsletter APP More...
New Partnerships for APP
22 July 2011
New Partnerships for APP More...
APP Welcome New Staff in Uganda
22 July 2011
APP Welcome New Staff in Uganda More...
Message from Kwan Ping Kan
22 July 2011
Kwan Ping Kan (APP Legal Intern/ May-June 2011) More...
Successful Summer Event
21 July 2011
Successful Summer Event More...
Knitting Classes in Luzira growing every week…
21 July 2011
Knitting Classes in Luzira growing every week… More...
APP Welcome new Trustees
1 July 2011
James Mayo and Patricia Jones join us as Trustees in the UK. More...
Join APP at the International Library and Information Group (ILIG) Informal
21 June 2011
Please come and join APP at the next International Library and Information Group Informal where APP's Libraries officier, Glorias Asiimwe, will be providing a unique insight into how her experience of a professional development visit to the UK in 2008 has provided her with the skills, confidence and network of contacts to build a successful career as the only sub-saharan prison librarian. More...
Summer Internship Opportunities
9 June 2011
Would you like to gain experience of working with a small NGO? APP are now calling for applications for 2 internship positions. More...
APP Football Tournament Finals - ‘Manchester United’ Winners
26 May 2011
It was with pleasure that we held the finals of the ‘Aileen Chapple Football Tournament’in Main Boma, Upper Prison, Luzira More...
Win a FIAT 500!
25 May 2011
We have teamed up with FSI to offer you the chance of winning a brand new FIAT 500! More...
New Resources Centre
19 May 2011
The new APP resources centre is opening tomorrow in Kampala. More...
Telegraph article - An English prison reformer in Kampala
9 April 2011
APP Founder Alexander McLean has been featured in an article in today’s Telegraph Magazine, where he talks about what inspires him and his work with the African Prisons Project. More...
APP Website Relaunched with New Design
9 April 2011
The APP website has been relaunched with a new design and expanded content. The site now includes a shop, new photography, and lots of updated information about the work of the African Prisons Project. More...
Volunteering opportunities in Uganda through APP and Tearfund
16 March 2011
APP has launched volunteering opportunities with Tearfund Transform. APP Founder & Director, Alexander McLean, is one of Tearfund’s Inspired Individuals. More...
Premier Radio - “Travellers Tales”
12 March 2011
APP will be featured on Premier Radio this Sunday 13 March at 2:30 pm on the “Travellers Tales” programme. You can listen to Premier in London on Medium Wave 1305, 1332, 1413. Listen throughout the UK on Sky Digital 0123, Freeview 725 and DAB. You can also listen throughout the world on the web. More...
Art and humanity: Fair Havens in Uganda
5 March 2011
What do a UK hospice and a Ugandan prison have in common? Fair Havens Hospice found joy and artistic talent in a Ugandan prison and now plans to support the prison's end of life care programme. More...
New website on the way
3 March 2011
Work is progressing on the new African Prisons Project website, which we hope to launch in a couple of weeks. The current site will be completely redesigned to provide greater access to information about APP work and projects. More...
Easter drama in prisons
15 February 2011
During the Easter festival, APP will be working with inmates from Kampala Remand and Kigo Women's prison to produce a play centered on the theme of “The Passion of Christ”. More...
APP’s education news update
4 February 2011
As the New Year commences, the African Prisons Project's education department will be extending its programmes to two more local prisons which currently have no access whatsoever to any library or information resources that prisoners and staff can utilise during their free time. More...
APP’s health centre at Gulu Prisons - on hand to handle yellow fever outbreak
10 January 2011
Sadly yellow fever has hit much of northern Uganda over the past month. More than 150 people have died and hundreds have been infected with the disease, which affects liver function and can be fatal without sufficient treatment delivered in a timely way. More...
APP donates eight goats and food stuffs to inmates during Christmas
6 January 2011
On 23rd December, APP brought smiles to the faces of inmates and staff in Luzira Upper Condemn, Murchison Bay prison, Luzira women’s and Kampala Remand prison. The Christmas season is a time of love, sharing and being with family members and friends, however in prison it can become a gloomy period as the inmates think about their loved ones and the enjoyment outside the prison bars. More...
APP sponsors Christmas Carols Celebration for 5 prisons in Kampala
4 January 2011
It was with delight that APP provided food and drinks to hundreds of prisoners and prisons warders and wardresses who attended the annual Christmas Carol service held at Upper Prison Luzira on the 23rd December. More...
Report on the sports tournament in Kigo Prison
1 January 2011
The finals for the sports tournament took place on 12/12/2010 within the premises of Kigo prison. There were eight teams that competed in the football match namely; Firewood, Pepeta, Games Boys, KTN, Arsenal, School, TASCA and RP. More...
Knitting and art certificates - Luzira Women’s Prison
23 December 2010
Certificates were awarded on 8th November to inmates from Luzira Women's Prison who participated in the APP knitting and art competition. More...
Book clubs, Drama, Music, art competion & Post test club - Luzira Upper Condemned section
21 December 2010
124 inmates in the Luzira upper condemned section received their certificates on 22 November 2010. The categories of those who received certificates included: drama, music, art competition, post test club, basic readers club and advanced reading clubs. More...
APP partners with Second Chance
17 December 2010
It is with delight that APP has been exploring ways of working with Second Chance, a UK organisation that works with young offenders. More...
Kigo Maximum Prison enjoys its second APP football tournament for 2010
14 December 2010
It was with delight that APP employees attended the finals of the APP Cup at Kigo Prison, near Entebbe, Uganda, on the 12th December. More...
APP welcomes new teacher!
10 December 2010
It is with delight that we were recently joined by Mr Stephen Omoding, a qualified teacher and former headmaster, as a member of our education team. More...
APP provides oral hygiene materials to prisons all over Uganda
8 December 2010
Working alongside Professor Su and Dr Moses Okeny of Uganda Prison Service, it was the delight of the African Prisons Project team to provide a consignment of educational posters and brochures, along with tooth brushes, to be used at prisons all over the country. More...
Yet another round of nutritional support for inmates living positively
3 December 2010
November saw provision of more meat, vegetables, pulses and fruits to the ‘Post Test Club’ at Upper Prison, Luzira. The Post Test Club is composed of inmates who have undergone HIV testing and have been found to be positive. Some of them chose to create this club, which promotes education about HIV/AIDS as well as acting as an advocacy organisation for this especially disadvantaged group of prisoners. More...
Prisoners offered places to study for law degrees with the University of London
1 December 2010
It was with great delight that we found out in late November that two inmates at Uganda’s Upper Prison, Luzira, were offered places to study for an LLB law degree by correspondence with the University of London. More...
Eid Mubarak! Muslim prisoners celebrate a special holiday
30 November 2010
It was with delight that the African Prisons Project was able to sponsor celebrations in mid November to mark the Islamic holiday of Eid. Dozens of inmates at Luzira Maximum Prison enjoyed a special meal, which included meat (which inmates do not otherwise receive), to mark this important holiday in the religious calendar. More...
APP sponsors yet another successful series of sports activities for death row inmates
25 November 2010
It was with delight that we held the finals of the 'Condemned’ Sports Tournaments around the same time as the Commonwealth Games were taking place. For almost two months, more than 100 men - a third of all the death row inmates at Upper Prison, Kampala - were engaged in volleyball, chess, draughts, ludo, playing cards and other indoor game tournaments. More...
Knitting course ceremony at Luzira Women’s Prison
19 November 2010
After months of hard work, and undergoing training, inmates in Luzira Women's Prison received a certificate of appreciation from the African Prisons Project for their endless efforts and zeal in attending the Knitting course, which was aimed at equipping women with skills for income generation within and after their release. More...
Visit by Career Development Group’s bursary recipient
27 October 2010
In September 2010 Susan Mahony visited APP as the recipient of the Career Development Group International Bursary, together with Maria Cotera, APP’s Education Advisor from CILIP. More...
Report on Juvenile Detention in Uganda
18 October 2010
Marianne Moore has written an extensive new report for APP entitled “Juvenile Detention in Uganda”. The report is subtitled “Review of Ugandan Remand Homes and the National Rehabilitation Centre”, and is compiled from research, including site visits and interviews, carried out in August 2010. More...
APP Application Form
14 October 2010
We have now uploaded a new Application Form for use when applying as a new APP volunteer or staff member. More...
Havens Give Hope to Prisoners in Africa
13 October 2010
The Echo newspaper in Essex has published a news story about the recent visit to Uganda by a group from Havens Hospices to give advice to the African Prisons Project on ways to improve the care inside Uganda's jails. More...
Havens Hospices visits APP
29 September 2010
Catherine Wood from Havens Hospices was part of a group that visited APP in August 2010, and she has written a short article about her experience: More...
BBC World Service Radio Programme
20 September 2010
Freelance radio producer Brian King recently travelled to Uganda, as a guest of the African Prisons Project, to make a radio programme for the BBC World Service about injustices in the country’s legal system. More...
Condemned Choir CD Saves Life
25 August 2010
It was with great delight that in 2007 APP recorded men, women and teenagers on death row in Uganda, together forming the 'Condemned Choirs' which contributed to the 'Freedom Cry' CD. More...
APP at Mulago Hospital
19 August 2010
As part of the commitment to healthcare for prisoners, along with the refurbishment of clinics, APP staff attend to prisoners admitted to Mulago Hospital to offer moral support and assist with basic needs and care. Here are the stories of just a few: More...
Opening of the Healthcare Clinic at Gulu
18 August 2010
On 25th June 2010, African Prisons Project celebrated the opening of the Healthcare Clinic at Gulu. More...
Wonderful Painting
27 July 2010
Today we had a visitor arrive at our APP office. This happens often – people who have heard about APP, read something in the newspaper, seen Alexander on TV or got to know about APP in another way. Most often these are Ugandan people who are looking for a job. Of course, we listen to them and tell them how we work and what the possibilities are. More...
British Prisoners support APP
22 July 2010
In a wonderful gesture of goodwill, prisoners from HM Prison Kingston in Portsmouth donated money to the African Prisons Project after attending a talk on the plight of those incarcerated in Africa. More...
Fundraising Intern Vacancy
8 July 2010
APP is looking for an entrepreneurial and outgoing individual to run short-term fundraising events in the summer of 2010. More...
APP Knitting Course - so much more than knitting
26 June 2010
At the beginning of June 2010, APP Uganda started the second knitting course with 12 women in the Luzira Women's Prison in Kampala. More...
Help establish prison libraries in Sierra Leone with AdvocAid
10 April 2010
APP is partnering with AdvocAid (an organisation in Sierra Leone) to establish prison libraries in Pademba Road Prison, Sierra Leone’s maximum security prison in the capital Freetown. More...
Mitigation Workshop at Luzira Women’s Prison
4 January 2010
In December 2009, Barrie Sander conducted a mitigation workshop for the 29 prisoners on death row at Luzira Women’s Prison. More...
Female inmates welcome literacy programme
17 December 2009
APP this week commenced a functional adult literacy programme at the Victoria Women’s Prison at the Luzira prison complex that houses over 600 inmates. More...
APP Presentation at Race for Justice Conference
12 December 2009
APP volunteer Olamide Olajide recently gave a presentation about APP at the Race for Justice Conference organised by the Society of Black Lawyers and the National Association of Probation Officers. More...
African Prisons Project celebrates a positive year
11 December 2009
African Prisons Project yesterday held its annual general meeting for 2008-2009. The event marked an opportunity to review the charity’s activities in the past year, receive the formal accounts, and to hear of APP’s ambitious plans for 2010. More...
APP director wins major national volunteer award
27 November 2009
Alexander McLean, APP’s founder and director, was last night awarded the Legend award at the national vinspired awards, which recognise the contribution of volunteers across the UK to the third sector. More...
Prison expert consults with APP
29 October 2009
Zur Kredo, a prisons expert from Israel, visited APP headquarters in September, praising the team for its “impressive” work. More...
APP director wins place on £1.5 million fellowship scheme
19 October 2009
APP’s director general has won a place on the Clore Social Leadership Programme which offers leaders across the third sector the chance to develop as a leader. More...
Delegation inspects Gulu health centre progess
18 October 2009
On 22 September 2009, a party of partners and beneficiaries made a joint inspection of progress on the new healthcare centre APP is building at Gulu Prison in northern Uganda. More...