Empowering women is just one facet of Just Like My Child’s mission of improving the quality of life for the women and children in rural villages in Uganda. It gives me great pride and pleasure to share some astounding results I have received from our empowerment expert, Monica Nyiraguhabwa. She …
Daily Life,Empowerment,Health & Mortality,HIV/AIDS
28 April 2011
When was the last time you met someone with AIDS? Do you know anyone with AIDS? How is he or she coping with the antiretroviral therapy that most Americans can access through health coverage? Did you know that there is an estimated 1.2 million Ugandans living with AIDS and nearly …
Children,Education Programs & Schools,Empowerment,HIV/AIDS,Main Content,Microenterprise Programs,Program Updates,Project Justice,The Mandela Project
26 April 2011
I recently returned from a whirlwind trip to Uganda where the Just Like My Child team and our partners powered through a rigorous agenda. We negotiated a deal with Heifer International to put over 500 Ugandan families in business, we sealed a contract with women attorneys who will carry …
Children,Daily Life,Empowerment
1 March 2011
Last night, I got home from a quick but extraordinary little vacation with my 8-year-old son. As soon as I got him off to bed, my husband and I sat down to watch a few minutes of the Academy Awards which we had recorded.
When Christian Bale accepted his Oscar for …
Daily Life,Empowerment,Project Justice,Project Universal Education,The Girl Power Project
21 January 2011
Of the major issues facing women in South Africa, the Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister, Hlengiwe Mkhize says the focus should be on illiteracy, poverty, rape and violence.
At a recent meeting organized by the Women’s Justice and Empowerment Initiative the deputy minister said government “set targets for reducing the …
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