Uganda



Another one of those Crowned Cranes

76% of the population of the country lives slightly below the international poverty line of US $2.00 a day (statistics from the Human Development Indices)

The life expectancy at birth in 2004 was 48 for men and 51 for women according to the World Health Organization.




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