KAMPALA, UGANDA – This summer, IJM Uganda completed an extensive survey in a five sub-county area of Mukono County, Uganda, to determine the severity of property grabbing in the region. The study’s findings indicate that illegal property seizure remains a serious problem in the area, despite laws designed to protect widows and orphans from this crime.

MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES – The perpetrator in a case prosecuted by IJM Manila has been found guilty of rape and sentenced to 20 to 40 years imprisonment.

LA PAZ, BOLIVIA - The perpetrator in an IJM Bolivia case has been convicted of repeated sexual assault of a minor victim. The perpetrator, now 68 years old, began abusing the victim when she was only nine years old.

Now secure on her property, IJM client runs successful chicken business

UGANDA—Today, to meet Aisha* — a Ugandan woman running a successful business — it is difficult to imagine the hurdles she has overcome. When Aisha’s husband died of AIDS, she was left to care for their two small children, ages 5 and 2, while battling HIV without treatment. In the years following her husband’s death, Aisha’s virus developed into full-blown AIDS, rendering her so sick she was unable to work or care for her children. Desperate to provide for her family, she sold her two-bedroom home to a distant relative named Jabeli.