If you have ever been pregnant then you will understand the trials and tribulations I am about to write. When you first find out you have a life growing inside of you, you feel scared. Scared about the type of mother you will be and maybe, “how in the world …
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 …
Last night I sat up late with my amazing team in Uganda. After I put my 8-year-old son to bed under a hot and sticky bed net after his first full day in Africa, we consumed more than our fair share of Nile Specials, which we consider the best local …
Featured!,Health & Mortality,Medical & Health Programs,Program Updates,Volunteer Spotlight
5 May 2011
Next week I will be headed to visit the Asili Hospital in Luwero, Uganda with two very special women: Dr. Puja Shah and Lidia Domagalska-Trainer. Dr. Shah is a dentist from La Jolla, California and Lidia is a graduate student currently working towards her master’s degree at the Pacific College …
Education,Main Content,Project Universal Education
3 May 2011
Several posts back, I introduced our amazing contributors Ben and Beatrice Oryang, both professors of education at a teacher’s college in Uganda. If you missed that post, I urge you to go back and read about these two people. In brief, Ben and Beatrice are the true pearls of Uganda …