Through the child-centered, Community Development program (CCCD) Share an Opportunity Uganda with support from Help a Child Netherlands has empowered adolescents through youth clubs with income-generating skills to improve their livelihoods. 18-year-old Lucky Gracious is one of such adolescents. A pupil from Achangali Primary School in Abim District says that being part of the youth...
Author: SAO UG (Sarah Tumwebaze)
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When a social group becomes family
According to the BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 report, the current maternal mortality ratio in Uganda is 336 maternal deaths per 100,000 and the number of children in orphanages has increased from approximately 1,000 in the 1990s to more than 50,000 today. In April 2021, Achii Christine a resident of Barlyech, Awachi sub-county and a...
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Home learning improved my children’s performance in school
Milly Grace, is a 30-year-old mother of three sons and one daughter. A resident of Abim District, Milly is a caregiver at an Early Childhood Development Centre (ECDC) within her community. When schools were closed in March 2020 as a result of the Covid19 pandemic, Milly nearly lost hope because she couldn’t believe that her...
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“Growing” as a household
Share An Opportunity Uganda with support from donors and development partners focuses on empowering communities to provide holistic child development. To achieve this, the organization adopted the integrated farm family plan; an approach that was piloted through the Child Centered Community Development (CCCD) program supported by Help a Child International, in Abim District, in 2019....
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“My husband is proud of me”
When Share An Opportunity Uganda with support from Kindernothilfe (KNH) started the community empowerment programme in Sironko in 2018, women in the community embraced the programme. After being trained in various income generating activities, most of the women decided to trade in the sale of bananas. However, 47-year-old Juliet Nambuya had another option. “Most of...
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A mother’s tale of how she has recovered from the COVID 19 effects on her business
A resident of Rugyengyezu village, Madibira ward, Bukiti Town council, Sironko District, 31-year-old Esther Namudosi is a mother of five children aged between 11 and eight years. Three years ago, Namudosi was an illiterate stay home mother. “Life was very hard. I was shy, I could not buy myself...
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“I had to change to other businesses as a result of the lockdown”
My name is Harriet Kanagwa, I am 47 years old, I have 10 children aged between 30 and five years. I heard about SAO’s programme in June 2018. When they came to Sironko, they ranked us and my family was ranked among the poor of the poorest. Then, life was very bad. Our main source...
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Justice obtained through the mobile court
Mary during the Mobile court session. Mary is a 34-year-old single mother of three children. Mary was born and raised in Abim town council for the most part of her life. Since Mary is not formally employed, she relies solely on small scale agriculture and casual work for survival. In 2019...
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A vegetable business that has boosted the livelihood of a household
Nagudi Ayisat, 43 a resident of Konje village in Bunyafa Sub County in Sironko district is a member of Dubana Self Help Group (SHG) which was formed with support from Share An Opportunity Uganda in partnership with Kindernothilfe (KNH) on 22nd October 2018. The group constitutes of 17 members. She narrates; “before I joined the...
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A life saved through SAO’s Primary Health Care Program in Mbale
On Thursday 1st April 2021 at around 10pm, heavily pregnant 35-year-old Moureen Mutonyi started experiencing contractions that would later lead to the birth of her 8th child, she thought that the birth would be as easy as the first seven. “I have been giving birth to my children from either home or in the hospital....