Education,HIV/AIDS,Human Rights,Women 24 August 2010

Is this possible? Could a community, a generation or a gender honestly believe that women who contract HIV or are raped brought it upon themselves? I am at a loss on how best to report on this subject so let’s start with the facts.
21-year old Regina Joseph …

 HIV/AIDS,Main Content,Microenterprise,Women 20 August 2010

African women in their early 20s represent the largest group of the adult population infected with HIV. One of the causes is that their sexual partners refuse to wear condoms. This refusal is often a death sentence for the female partner. So how can infections be reduced among these women? …

 Daily Life,HIV/AIDS 16 June 2010

Posts like this are never easy. Yet events such as this are what remind us why our work in Uganda is so vital. How the lives we touch need so much what we give…
Our country director, Dena (whom you hear from a lot on here), recently notified us that George, …

 HIV/AIDS,Microenterprise Programs 12 March 2010

Bishop Asili Hospital is finding that a growing number of their HIV positive clientele are quite healthy and have a second chance at life as a result of getting the best possible treatment available as well as having the opportunity to check their CD4 count when necessary. Unfortunately, there is …

 Empowerment,HIV/AIDS,Medical & Health Programs,Microenterprise,Microenterprise Programs,Women 22 February 2009

January 22nd, 2009
SHANTI UGANDA is a Vancouver based organization dedicated to helping children, women and communities in Uganda find peace and health. It is their belief that in order to overcome trauma and conflict within a community, we must first allow individuals to heal and uplift their minds, bodies and …