Saving Lives!
“What do you see?” Do you know that this was the first conversation of God to Jeremiah? When driving Joy from Bukomolo back to Entebbe Airport, she asked about the urgent needs. To me, everything seemed urgent. I kept quiet for a while but she continued to ask “what do you see” Could a new generator be the priority?” …
Girls in Bukomolo community faced significant setback in their education due to Covid19 pandemic and many couldn’t continue their education and now they are mothers. GWI in partnership with Operation Beautiful Feet in the United States of America are looking for ways to support these young mothers. A training program in hairdressing has started in Bukomolo to help …
Menstrual management is a critical aspect of public health and gender equality for adolescent girls in rural communities such as Bukomolo in Eastern Uganda. Because of limited access to hygiene products, stigma and miss information, these girls face challenges to manage their menstrual health. GWI in partnership with Operation Beautiful Feet are combining efforts to address menstrual management …
Alcohol addiction is becoming a major challenge among youths in Bukomolo community that is leading to rise in crime rates, unemployment and of course health crisis. GWI is designing comprehensive projects to provide skills and opportunities for them to foster a healthy sustainable lifestyle and at the same time to provide rehabilitation. With support from Operation Beautiful Feet …
Many women especially in rural areas face significant barriers to economic opportunities. Thus, GWI in partnership with Operation Beautiful Feet, USA, are aiding women in Bukomolo village to build skills that will be self sufficient to personal empowerment, economic stability and community development. While visiting these women on Tuesday, Joy Griffin, the President of Operation Beautiful feet said that, …
GWI mobilizes young people to encourage them to take charge of themselves. We empower them through several activities including sports. Watch this video
From next week, schools in Uganda will be opening for the new study period (term). GWI is glad to supports needy children in Bukomolo community with scholastic items every year to facilitate their stay in school. Last term, 123 primary and secondary children were reached. GWI is looking forward to reach out to more children this new term & the …
GWI CEO Grace Nakajje was recently having a conversation with the staff about a “mentor”. One of the staff said “a mentor is a person who looks out for whatsoever smallest strength in another person & helps to build it”. In this article, we bring you the view of Bukomolo Clinic to-date. And we must say there are individuals …
On this Eid-UI-Ftr day, GWI is reflecting on the life of youths. As an organization, we value the many struggles of this group & always, we’re on the look to how to uplift them. Few weeks a go, we lost a very vibrant youth in Bukomolo community in Eastern Uganda. Sula (in the photo above) was from an Islamic family …
We asked several children in Bukomolo about their expectation for Easter cerebration & majority noted that the day meant nothing to them. They claimed they are not getting the best to stay in school. Little did they know that GWI was mobilizing to help them. Thanks to friends from Christ Church, NWA, USA. They have supported with scholastic items.