MASAKA. Before even greeting his visitors from Kitovu Mobile palliative care team, Vincent Luyinda first asks them if they moved with his liquid oral morphine, a drug which relieves cancer patients of pain. “Yes of course. It is something we just cannot forget,” The team replies to Luyinda, a response
Archive for February, 2019
Kitovu Mobile braces for community cancer awareness campaign
MASAKA. Cancer is a real silent killer . However, many Ugandans are still ignorant about this disease . They surround it with a lot of misconceptions and this is exacerbated by low early screening uptake hence high cancer mortality. It is upon this background that Kitovu Mobile has buttressed cancer
Sheer joy as twin brothers get bedding courtesy of Kitovu Mobile
KYOTERA. Excitement and joy filled the air as twin brothers Joseph Kato and Tony Waswa received donations from Kitovu Mobile . The beneficiaries received mattresses and blankets. The duo has been sleeping on patchy mats; placed on mud floor and cover themselves with one light blanket, for the last couple
How Kitovu Mobile has contributed to Uganda’s efforts to realise HIV/Aids target by 2030
MASAKA. The 90- 90- 90 strategy is an ambitious HIV/AIDS treatment target that was launched by United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) and other partners. Launched in 2013, the target aims at having 90 percent of persons living with HIV/AIDS knowing their status, 90 percent of diagnosed people getting
OVC beneficiary applauds Kitovu Mobile for making him realize his dream
MASAKA. Since childhood, Hamuza Matovu’s dream was to become a medical doctor. The selection of profession for the 24 -year -old resident of Nyendo, a Masaka Town suburb was a result of his infinite desire to save lives. But being an orphan without both parents, Matovu faced school fee challenges
School dropout finds solace in farming
RAKAI. Despite his parents being able to pay for his school fees, Huzairu Twinamasiko was not academically performing well. Consequently, the 19- year -old says he could not study beyond Primary Four. “I was forced to drop out of school because I felt I was just wasting money and time
At 19 years, Sebyoto owns two houses, motorcycle after applying farm school skills
RAKAI. At only 19 years- old, Emmanuel Sebyoto owns three plots of land and a motorcycle. He has built two semi permanent houses. The young farmer, a resident of Kubuyinja Village ,Byakabanda Sub -County ,Rakai District , attributes this success to Kitovu Mobile which enrolled him in its farm school
Joy as blind mother gets decent home after decade of sleeping in decrepit house
RAKAI. A visit to Aisha Namulema’s home at Kijjumbula Village in Kyotera District shows you an extremely happy mother. Her four children; a pair of twins (boy and girl) aged ten, her third and last born boy and girl aged six and four years old, respectively, are not spared from
How a grandmother is minting money from making pancakes
RAKAI. A visit to Carolina Namatovu’s home in Kayonza Village, Ddwaniro Sub-County, Rakai District, reveals that many grandmothers can be productive and avoid surviving on handouts, so long as they are mobilized and empowered. At 75 years, Namatovu makes pancakes for a living. She exploits the business opportunity at Kayonza
Sub -County CDO lauds Kitovu Mobile for simplifying her work
KYOTERA. Ms Rose Sansa,the Kirumba Sub-County Community Development Officer has hailed Kitovu Mobile for easing her work. Ms Sansa acknowledged that the Grand Mothers and OVC project, which focuses on economic empowerment, has helped much in changing the mindset of residents in her area. Under this project, grandmothers are engaged
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