One man has 12 orphans. It will only get worse. Uganda, however, is a role model. Unlike its neighbor to the east, Kenya, Uganda admits there is an AIDS pandemic and is fighting it head-on, acknowledging it is sexually transmitted and providing AIDS education and testing clinics. Uganda today is a democracy.
All schoolchildren wear uniforms.
Although, there are hardly any books, the populace is relatively well educated, so there is hope for a future middle class. Seemingly everyone has a cell phone, and cyber cafes are abundant and cheap. For example, not long ago, Uganda was suffering political turmoil under dictator Idi Amin. Ugandans often took refuge in Sudan to the north. Today, it's the other way around.