Today, 31 May,the World Health Organization (WHO) and global partners to celebrate World No Tobacco Day (WNTD). This annual campaign, as highlighted on the WHO website,is an opportunity to raise awareness on the harmful and deadly effects of tobacco use and second-hand smoke exposure, and to discourage the use of
Archive for May, 2019
Three DREAMS project trainees team up to change lives
“Two heads are better than one,” goes this old adage; but what about three? To Evas Natukunda, Jenipher Twikiize and Annet Nakiwewa,the trio would say “three heads are far better than two”. The ex- DREAMS project trainees who pooled resources together to have one hair dressing saloon, say the idea
Byonanebye finds solace in bakery after years of unemployment
Until 2017 when she got sustainable skills courtesy of Kitovu Mobile youth empowerment program,Novence Byonanebye could not find a job after resigning from her first job in 2014. A holder of a certificate in Business Studies, attained in 2013, Byonanebye, who worked as a cashier for one of the motels
Kabira Grandmothers, OVC Project: Grannies sensitised on child protection, children’s groups formed
On 26 May,2019 Kitovu Mobile formed Orphans and vulnerable children’s groups in Kabira sub county,Kyotera District,where it recently enrolled the Grandmothers and OVC support project. Three groups categorized in terms of age; 6-9,10-13 and 14-17 were formed in both Bwamijja and Ndolo, the two parishes in Kabira su-county where the
Kirumba OVC groups equipped with bakery skills, given drums for recreational activities
On Thursday 23 May,2019,members of Kirumba sub-county orphans and vulnerable children’s group got equipped with simple bakery skills—majorly making half cakes and ‘daddies’ Most of the children were visibly eager,utmost attentive and excited for learning how make simple bakery products which they had all along been consuming with little idea
Nakajubi: Empowered by Kitovu Mobile, now spearheading development at home
RAKAI. Inside her two roomed house at Kabingo Village, in Rakai District ,is where Noeline Nakajubi houses her hair dressing business. She started it in a rented room after graduating as a DREAMS project trainee late last year. But barely six months into her job , Nakajubi was able to
Three DREAMS project trainees team up to change lives
“Two heads are better than one,” goes this old adage; but what about three? To Evas Natukunda, Jenipher Twikiize and Annet Nakiwewa,the trio would say “three heads are far better than two”. The ex- DREAMS project trainees who pooled resources together to have one hair dressing saloon, say the idea
How Kitovu Mobile saw Henry Kayiira rise from village boy to a medical doctor
RAKAI.When HIV/Aids robbed him of his father in 1995, sheer hopelessness engulfed Kayiira, his siblings and their mother, who was a second wife. The second born in the family of five recalls how they lived in a community house at Sesa Mirembe Village in Kyotera District. “It was not ours. We
Ssekitoleko, a former OVC beneficiary: Now a budding artist and designer
MASAKA. At his workshop in Nyendo, a Masaka town suburb, Henry Ssekitoleko earns a living from his art pieces and glass mart. A graduate with a bachelors in Art and Design with Education, Ssekitoleko is convinced he would not have reached this far, had it not been Kitovu Mobile’s helping
Kitovu Mobile staff trained in Assisted Partner Notification
On 27 April, Kitovu Mobile joined clinical providers in Masaka District and trained in Assisted Partner Notification (APN) The Clinical Providers APN training was organised by the Ministry of health,aiming to equip HIV care providers with knowledge and skills to provide high quality APN services to eligible patients to decrease
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