Community Empowerment – Page 4

Kitovu Mobile OVC cordinators and contact person handing over the items to the extremely excited twin brothers

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

Matovu monitors a patient's blood pressure at the hospital male ward.

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

Twinamasiko shows off his cow which he bought using proceeds from his farm. He intends to keep it and later sell it to buy a plot of land.

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

A two roomed house which Sebyoto has just constructed. He used proceeds from selling crops to buy the plot of land also build the house

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

Namulema with her four children who are also half blind.

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

Ms Sansa,the Kirumba CDO spaeaking to the parents and children who are sponsored by Kitovu Mobile. She urged them to treasure this chance and get the best out of it.

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

Christine Namatovu (in the middle) during the DREAMS School graduation ceremony . She learnt soap making which she says has opened her doors to various money making opportunities.

DREAMS graduate makes fortune from liquid soap making

RAKAI. Christine Namatovu joined Dreams Project under Rakai Health Science, a Kitovu Mobile partner, and trained as a stepping stone facilitator. But later, she says she joined Kitovu Mobile as one of the beneficiaries under the DREAMS project, who are trained in bakery, hairdressing, crafts making, tailoring, knitting and

Harriet Namiiro,the passionate teacher whose teaching dream was made a reality by Kitovu Mobile.

Namiiro: An OVC beneficiary whose teaching dream comes a reality

KALUNGU. Harriet Namiiro is an exceptional teacher at Holly Family Primary School at Bukulula Village , Kalungu District. She conducts her lessons with humor and kindness. The pre-primary teacher who longed for the teaching career since childhood ,says she would not have realised her dream had it not been the

Some of the crafts which grandmothers make and sell to get money. Before such skills were exploited memebrs were living in absolute poverty.

Grandmothers make fortunes from solidarity groups, applaud Kitovu Mobile for timely intervention

KYOTERA. Prior to 2017, getting a loan was hard for the aged mothers of Kakundo Village, Kirumba sub county, Kyotera District. “You could get a problem and have nowhere to run to for help,” Cate Nalwoga, a resident, recalls the ordeal then. The only alternative, as the 65 -year- old