Janet Nabadda, 68, a resident of Rwanyi village, Masaka was diagnosed with breast cancer at Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) in 2015. She has been unwell since 1990. It has now damaged half of her right breast. Nabadda says it started with high blood pressure when she was 18 years old
Archive for July, 2019
Don’t relax, fight against HIV/AIDS is still on,Kitovu Mobile Board Member urges Rakai District natives
By Moses Muwulya,Communications Officer Mr Alex Bagararukayo, a member on Kitovu Mobile Board of Directors has urged communities in Rakai District to raise their guard and fight against HIV/AIDS,saying many have relaxed after realising a sigh of relief. Rakai was once known for its high AIDS-related deaths that struck
Board Member visits Kitovu Mobile DREAMS project safe spaces,impressed by activities done
Mr Alex Bagarukayo,a member on Kitovu Mobile Board of Directors yesterday paid a visit to Rakai Town Council Modal Safe space to monitor the progress of the DREAMS activities. Standing for determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-Free, Mentored, and Safe women,DREAMS is an initiative to implement high-quality combination prevention to adolescent girls
Kabira sub- county grannies project:Solidarity group in motion as grannies start reaping fortunes
By Moses Muwulya,Communications Officer. KYOTERA. Seated under a tree, ‘Bakadde Twezimbe’ solidarity group members weave mats as they wait for fellow grannies for a group saving meeting which starts at 4 pm. Following the trainings, the aged- health looking grannies don’t want to be redundant as they wait for
KITOVU MOBILE OVC SOCIAL SUPPORTS OUSTED MY MISERABLE ACADEMIC DESTINY
BY GERTRUDE LUNKUSE After the death of my father, life turned from a bed of roses to a bed of misery. Then in Primary Four, I vividly recall the face of the then little Gertrude. A face that was painted with pain after getting a new a name, ORPHAN. Losing
Ex-Farm school trainee reaps big from backyard farming,uses proceeds for further training
By Moses Muwulya,Communications Officer RAKAI. Residing in Lwoyo B,Lwamagwa sub-county,Rakai District. Sula Muwanguzi hails from a neighbourhood famously known for flourishing banana plantations. Any first time visitor in this area would have his attention grabbed by the large scale plantations owned by different families. However, as you traverse deeper in
Cancer patient,care taker relieved of gross physical and emotional pain
By Moses Muwulya,Communications Officer “I know he will succumb to cancer given the stage, but at least you have helped him defeat the gross physical and emotional pain that had taken toll on him” Pitiable words come from Mary Nakatogo after getting oral morphine for her brother,Edward Mujjuzi. The 29-year-old
Nanyondo’s sewing machine tailors her livelihood, lauds Kitovu Mobile for empowerment.
By Moses Muwulya, Communications Officer Before starting our interview, Sarah Nanyondo requests me to keep it as short as possible! Why? She needs to work on her customers’ clothes. “I don’t want to be the kind of tailors who don’t work on customers’ clothes in time.It is a bad business
Kitovu Mobile trains Kalungu District Health workers on youth friendly services
One of the key objectives of the Mobile Farm Schools,a youth economic empowerment program for Kitovu Mobile is to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS among the youth. In its bid to realise this objective, Kitovu Mobile trained Kalungu District Community Facilitators,Village Health Team Members and nurses on provision of Youth
Kitovu Mobile OVC given career guidance, encouraged to embrace vocational courses
In summary. Students were advised to stop negative bias on Vocational Courses. Girls were encouraged to take on courses that were originally known for men. Such career guidance sessions according to Ms Nambasa Sharon,the OVC Coordinator,are meant to make students make informed decisions. By Moses Muwulya Students sponsored by Kitovu Mobile