Katine drug store

Amref's country director for Uganda, Joshua Kyallo, visited the Guardian to debate the work being done in Katine, in north-east Uganda, and the challenges his organisation faces dealing with local bureaucracy and managing the expectations of villagers - and journalists

Peter Eroku and his cattle in Katine, Uganda. Photograph: Guardian/Martin Godwin

The Katine project could help improve livelihoods in this sub-county of north-east Uganda, but it should not absolve the government of its responsibilities towards farmers across the country, argues Ronald Naluwairo

A man selling beans at Katine market. Photograph: Guardian/Martin Godwin

One year on: Katine is a valuable project, but is it empowering villagers to shape their own futures or persuading them to see the world as we see it, asks Anne Perkins

Children under a mango tree in Katine. Photograph: Guardian/Martin Godwin

One year on: Those monitoring the work being carried out in Katine, in north east Uganda, need to avoid reducing it to a story of success or failure

Women walking to Katine market on the new road. Photograph: Guardian/Martin Godwin

A lot has been achieved in Katine as part of the Guardian's Ugandan development project, but should Amref be taking better note of what villagers want?

Katine market. Photograph: Guardian/Martin Godwin

In the Guardian's G2 today, Madeleine Bunting discussed the progress that had been made on the Katine project so far. Do you agree?

Dan Chung/guardian.co.uk

Katine, one year on: Put your questions to Amref now and get the answers from 11am on Friday

Tirri market in Katine, Uganda. Photograph: Guardian/Martin Godwin

One year on: The Katine project in Uganda brings out one of the main tensions in development work today. For all the talk of empowerment, what kind of impacts are we really measuring, asks Jonathan Glennie

Pupils line up at Amorikot school. Photograph: Richard M Kavuma

The Katine project: The past year has been one long lesson in development for us

A priest and congregation at a Catholic church in Katine. Photograph: Guardian/Dan Chung

People are rarely blind or unquestioning in the way they manage their religious lives and it would be unfortunate, for the sake of dogma, to disregard the role of religious institutions in Katine and elsewhere in Uganda

A newborn baby is held by her father outside a church in Mozambique. Photograph: Getty/Graeme Robertson

It is impossible to deny the church's vital role in the global movement to eradicate poverty, says Tearfund's Matthew Frost

A sign reading Say No to Sex displayed in Katine. Photograph: Guardian/Dan Chung

Anne Perkins: Is the abstinence message promoted by the church behind the halt in the fall of HIV transmission in Uganda?

Weeding in Katine. Photograph: Richard M Kavuma

The Katine project's independent evaluator has produced a critical report of Amref's work in the sub-county. But are his comments fair?

Musicians and Rock Gongs at a music project in Uganda. Photographs: Steven Russell

Composer Nigel Osborne believes music is one of the most important priorities for post-conflict resolution. Do you agree?

Children in the congregation dancing at Abule Charismatic Catholic church in Katine. Photograph: Guardian/Dan Chung

We need to take religion seriously if we are serious about understanding social, economic and political change in Katine, argues Ben Jones