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Category Archives: Grassroots Empowerment

Propelling into Project Planning

Intern, Christine Stenton in Uganda The past few weeks have been an exciting time here at CAP-AIDS Uganda. As Emma and I move forward with the planning of our micro-projects with CBO partners in Kampala (the Needy Support Center) and Aboke (Aboke HIV Women’s Association), our meetings and brainstorming sessions …

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March 16, 2016Grassroots Empowerment, Livelihood Support
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“Capping AIDS” Requires “Stepping It Up For Gender Equality”

Blog post by Christine Stenton, Monitoring & Evaluation Intern   As an intern for the CAP-AIDS Network working in Kampala with the organization CAP-AIDS Uganda – an organization supporting local efforts to resist, survive and overcome HIV/AIDS – I have seen the gendered impact that HIV/AIDS has within particular communities …

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March 8, 2016Grassroots Empowerment, HIV Prevention, Livelihood Support
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Feeling hot hot hot

by Christine Stenton Before heading up north last week, we had the honour of attending Stephen’s wedding in Nakawa last Sunday. As Stephen is the director of the Needy Support center (one of CAP-AIDS Uganda’s Kampala partners), Emma, Tracy and I had a great time with other NSC members enjoying …

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February 16, 2016Grassroots Empowerment, Livelihood Support
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For the Love of Community

I watched as white trucks with NGO logos swished by. I asked my friend, who was waiting with me, if they were doing projects in this community. The answer was no, but they had some time ago put in an irrigation project with treadle pumps that were no longer in …

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February 12, 2016Grassroots Empowerment
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2015, A focus on orphans

My friend Grace (not pictured here) takes care of 16 children, all orphans, all her brothers’ and sisters’ children, as well as her own children. She has been on her own now for over a decade since loosing her husband. Grace is HIV + and thankfully ARVs came around when …

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December 29, 2015Grassroots Empowerment, HIV Prevention, Livelihood Support
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Lillian Ayot

Lillian is connected to The Needy Support, a community partner who works with the must vulnerable members of their community and helps them to overcome pretty large obstacles. The community group is based outside of Kampala, Uganda and are part of a community that has carried a high burden of …

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December 4, 2015Grassroots Empowerment, HIV Prevention, Livelihood Support, Uncategorized
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AHWA – The story of community organizers

The Aboke HIV/AIDS Women’s Association (AHWA) was founded by women in the community who were living with HIV and/or caring for the orphaned children of family and neighbours. The founding members worked around Aboke High School in the Aboke Sub-county of Kole District in Northern Uganda. They were concerned with …

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December 3, 2015Bike Distribution, Grassroots Empowerment, HIV Prevention, Livelihood Support, Uncategorized
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Moringe Plus on Bikes

Originally formed as a savings and loans group in 2008 in order to increase their individual economic circumstances, this group of 30 (26 women and 4 men) people is an officially registered Community Based Organization that regularly conducts community outreach and education events in their community. Seven members of Moringe …

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November 8, 2015Bike Distribution, Grassroots Empowerment, HIV Prevention, Livelihood Support
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Needy Support Centre

A group of passionate women and men started meeting under a tree to discuss the plight of the most needy members of their community. They were concerned with extreme poverty and HIV/AIDS. They became the Needy Support Centre and have since expanded to over 300 members, still motivated by the …

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October 13, 2015Grassroots Empowerment, HIV Prevention, Livelihood Support
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Geoffrey Solomon

Geoffrey Solomon’s life has turned around from a situation of overwhelming devastation to one of success and inspiration. Geoffrey had a humble beginning, raised in the Northern district of Uganda where HIV/AIDS was rampant. His family ended up in Kampala, but their land was completely raised by the government, forcibly …

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July 16, 2015Grassroots Empowerment, HIV Prevention, Livelihood Support
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