UK-based charity Cricket Without Boundaries are to to deliver a cricket development project in Northern Uganda in partnership with the Uganda Cricket Association, the ICC and UK Sport.

Cricket Without Boundaries (CWB) has been working in developing nations since 2005 and has, to date, helped to provide cricket training to more than 30,000 youngsters and 2,000 coaches while spreading vital messages about HIV and AIDS.

Teams of volunteers visit Uganda, Kenya, Botswana and Rwanda each Spring and Autumn, working to train youngsters and coaches.

Three volunteers from CWB and the ECB will be heading out to the Northern Ugandan regions of Gulu, Arua and Lira on June 28 to begin the process of coaching local coaches.

This will provide a sustainable approach to not only encouraging more young Ugandans to take up cricket but also promote social development.

Ed Williams, CWB Trustee and one of the team said: "Even though Uganda can boast the largest numbers of juniors involved in cricket on the entire continent, after South Africa, the war-torn northern part of the country has not shared in this development.

"The north of Uganda is still recovering from war and CWB, the ICC and UK Sport are keen to use this project as part of the conflict resolution and use cricket to promote community cohesion.

"The use of child soldiers was a particularly harrowing characteristic of the Ugandan conflict and we hope the project will help integrate these youngsters into society.

"This is the first time CWB has worked in this part of the country having previously been active in the central, eastern and western regions.

"We look forward to working with the ICC and UK Sport on what we hope will be a successful project."